Biography: Kim-Jho Gwangsoo

Spot Info

Real Name: Kim-Jho Gwangsoo

Other names: Kim-Jho, Kwang-soo, Peter Kim

Personal Details

Nationality: South Korean

Religion: No Religion

Mother Tongue: Korean

Languages Known: Korean

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Birth Place: Seongbuk District, Seoul

Born on: March 26, 1965

Age As On Today: 59 years

Hometown: Seoul

Gender: Other

Martial Status: Married

Education Details

College: Hanyang University

Education Qualification: Theatre

Family Details

Husband/Spouse Name: David Kim Seung-hwan

Kim-Jho Gwangsoo is to as Peter Kim. He is a film director, screenwriter, filmmaker, and LGBT rights activist from South Korea. He is one of South Korea’s few openly gay film directors and has been a part of several works with LGBT themes. He collaborated with director Leesong Hee-il in 2006 to make the film ‘No Regret’, which is taken into account to be the primary natural Korean gay feature.

He was the director and writer of his first short film, ‘Boy Meets Boy’, in 2008. It also had two follow-ups named ‘Just Friends’ (2009) and ‘LOVE, 100 C’ (2010).

His first film as a director was ‘Two Weddings and a Funeral’ (2012). He is also the director of films like ‘Ghost (Be With Me)’ (2010), ‘One Night Only’ (2014) and has produced films like ‘Wanee & Junah’ (2001), ‘Jealousy is my Middle Name’ (2002), ‘So Cute’ (2004), ‘The Red Shoes’ (2005), ‘Old Miss Diary’ (2006), ‘Boys of Tomorrow’ (2007), ‘Milky Way Liberation Front’ (2007), ‘Break Away’ (2010), ‘Detective K : Secret of the Virtuous Widow’ (2011), ‘The Client’ (2011), and ‘Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage’ (2019).

Kim Jho held a public, non-legal wedding with film distributor David Kim Seung-hwan in Seoul on 7 September 2013, the primary in a country that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages. Kim and his partner together founded a company, ‘Rainbow Factory’, which specializes in LGBT-themed movies.


Professional Details

Skills: Director, Screenplay Writer, Producer

Profession: Director, Screenplay Writer

Casual Details

Smoke Or Drink: Yes

Interests Details

Cars: Nissan

Physical Details

Eye colour: Black

Hair Colour: Black

Tattoo: No

Favourites

Favourite Color: Black

Favourite Movies: The k2

Career

Debut Year: 2008

First Break: 2009 Just Friends?