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Real Name: Kim Yong-hwa

Other names: Gim Yong Hwa

Personal Details

Nationality: South Korean

Mother Tongue: Korean

Languages Known: Korean

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Birth Place: Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea

Born on: September 25, 1971

Age As On Today: 52 years

Hometown: Chuncheon,South Korea

Gender: Male

Martial Status: Married

Education Details

College: Chung-Ang University

Family Details

Father's Name: Park No-sik

Mother's Name: Kim Eul-dong

Siblings: Chae Rim

Husband/Spouse Name: Yoo Eun-sung

Kim Yong-hwa is a film director and screenwriter from South Korea. He majored in Film Studies at Chung-Ang University. His graduation project in 1999 was a short film, ‘In the Jungle.’ This short film won prizes at the 42nd Rochester International Film Festival and the 33rd Houston International Film Festival in 2000. ‘Oh! Brothers’ was his first film as a director. It turned out to be the 6th best-selling Korean film of 2003.

Kim’s third consecutive hit movie ‘Take Off’ (2006), based on a true story of the obstacles faced by the Korean National ski jumping team. Kim then produced ‘Mr Go’ – a film having one of the most enormous budgets in Korean cinema history. It portrays the story of a girl who tries to save her grandfather’s circus after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The movie was filmed in stereoscopic 3D and by using facial motion capture techniques and a digital fur production program. The film had a team of over 500 animators and CG professionals who spent four years on the production and over a year on the editing.

Apart from these films, he also directed ‘200 Pounds Beauty’ (2006), ‘My Way’ (2011), ‘Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds’ (2017), and ‘Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days’ (2018). He received ‘Best New Director’ for ‘200 Pounds Beauty’ at the 30th Golden Cinematography Awards in 2007 and ‘Best Director’ for ‘Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds’ at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2018. Kim also received ‘Best Director’ for ‘Take Off’ at many award functions.

Professional Details

Profession: Screenplay Writer, Director, Producer

Casual Details

Eating Habits: Non- vegetarian

Smoke Or Drink: Yes

Physical Details

Eye colour: Black

Hair Colour: Black

Tattoo: No

Favourites

Favourite Color: Black

Career

Debut Year: 1999

First Break: 2003

Awards: Blue Dragon Film Award, Buil Film Awards, Grand Bell Award, Baeksang Arts Awards

Biography: Kim Yong-hwa