Spot Info
Real Name: Kim Jee-Woon
Nickname: Kim
Other names: Jee-Woon Kim
Kim Ji Un
Personal Details
Nationality: South Korean
Mother Tongue: Korean
Languages Known: Korean
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Born on: July 6, 1964
Age As On Today: 59 years
Hometown: Seoul
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Education Details
College: Seoul Institute of the Arts
Education Qualification: Drama
Family Details
Father's Name: Kim Ok-Sung
Siblings: Kim Ji-won, Ji-suk Kim
Kim Jee Woon is a South Korean director. He was born on 6th July 1964 in Seoul in South Korea. He had a lot of success in his career because of his detailed stylization and accomplished acting in his films. He has grown successfully and substantially as a Director and a Visual Stylist.
Besides being a Director, he is also a Screenwriter. He is working since 1998 and is still working actively.
Consecutively he has won awards. In 2008 he won the award in Sitges Film Festival for the Best Director. In 2008 he won an award for the Best Director in Blue Dragon Film Awards. In 2011 he won the Award for Best Direction and Best Film Orient Express Award for ” I Saw Devil” in the Fantasporto International Film Festival. And recently, in 2017, he won the Best Director in the BaekSang Arts Award.
- Korean
Lee Byung-woo
Professional Details
Skills: Actor, Screenplay Writer
Profession: Director, Producer, Screenplay Writer
Casual Details
Hobbies: photography
Likes: writing
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Tattoo: No
Favourites
Favourite Actor: Song Kang Ho, Choi Min Sik, Lee Byung Hun, Go Ho Kyung, and Jung Woo Sung
Favourite Movies: Kill Bill, Scarface
Career
Debut Year: 1998
First Break: The Quiet Family
Awards: 2008 (41st) Sitges Film Festival - October 2nd-10, 2008
Best Director (The Good, the Bad, and the Weird)
2008 (29th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 20, 2008
Best Director (The Good, the Bad, and the Weird)
2011 (31st) Fantasporto International Film Festival - February 21-March 6, 2011
Best Direction (I Saw the Devil)
Orient Express Award
Best Film (I Saw the Devil)
2017 (53rd) BaekSang Arts Awards - May 3, 2017
Best Director (The Age of Shadows)
Achievements: 2017 (53rd) BaekSang Arts Awards Best Director
