Jason Kim (born 1981), birth name Kim Ju-hwan (Korean: 김주환), is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.[1]
Jason Kim | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kim Ju-hwan 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김주환 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Ju-hwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chu-hwan |
Career
editKim, born in 1981, majored in international politics from Georgetown University in the United States. He served for three years as an interpreter in the Republic of Korea Air Force before joining Showbox's promotion department and later the film investment department. He dreams of making his own films and has made in his spare time youth drama films Goodbye My Smile (2010) and Koala (2013). He later quit his job to pursue his career in filmmaking. He spent three years working on the script of his first mainstream film Midnight Runners (2017) which became a hit in South Korea and was also screened overseas.[2]
Filmography
edit- Goodbye My Smile (2010) - director
- Koala (2013) - director, screenwriter[3]
- Retriever (short film, 2016) - director
- Midnight Runners (2017) - director, screenwriter
- The Divine Fury (2019) - director, screenwriter[4]
- My Heart Puppy (2023) - director, screenwriter[5]
- Bloodhounds (2023) - Netflix original series, director, screenwriter
- Officer Black Belt (2024) - Netflix original film, director, screenwriter
References
edit- ^ "Jason KIM". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Midnight Runners to open in 12 foreign countries". Yonhap News Agency. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Schwartz, William (20 May 2017). "[HanCinema's Film Review] Koala". Hancinema. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Lee, Lily (28 March 2018). "[Lily's Take] Park Seo-joon and Woo Do-hwan Unite in New Movie". Hancinema. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Son Jung-bin (January 26, 2023). "차태현·유연석 새 영화 '멍뭉이' 3월1일 개봉" [Cha Tae-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seok's new movie 'Puppy' to be released on March 1st]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
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