Misplaced Pages

Kim Ji-hoon (born 1971), also spelled Kim Ji-hun, is a South Korean film director.

Life and career

Kim Ji-hoon was born in Daegu. After graduating from Hanyang University's Theater and Film Art Department, he worked as an assistant director on a number of films. He made his feature directorial debut in 2004 with the film Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise, starring Cha In-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun. His 2007 film May 18, about the Gwangju Massacre of 1980 and which starred Kim Sang-kyung, Lee Yo-won and Lee Joon-gi, earned him the Best Director award at the 2008 Korea Movie Star Awards. He went on to direct Sector 7, a 2011 action/horror film about a sea monster which attacked oil platforms, with an ensemble cast led by Ha Ji-won and Ahn Sung-ki. Distributor CJ E&M Pictures stated that Sector 7 was the highest-grossing South Korean film in China, but it was not well received by South Korean audiences, nor by critics, who panned its "flat" main characters and low-quality computer-generated imagery.

Kim's next work after that was The Tower, a disaster film about a fire in a high-rise apartment building, starring Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Sang-kyung and Son Ye-jin. In response to the criticisms of Sector 7, Kim spent nearly two years working with the post-production team on CGI; the film was finally released in December 2012. Kim stated that he got the idea for The Tower from a variety of boyhood experiences, including his first visit to Seoul where he saw the 63 Building and wondered what it would be like to get trapped inside, and a later incident where he got stuck in an elevator, which he described as "the moment when I first felt dread".

His most recent work, of I Want to Know Your Parents, has been postponed indefinitely following the sexual assault scandal of actor Oh Dal-su, with no release date set to date.

Filmography

• The Aquarium (short film, 1996) - director
• Egoism (short film, 1996) - director
• Greenhouse (short film, 1997) - director, screenplay, editor, sound
• Whispering Corridors (1998) - assistant director
• Full Moon Full Sun (short film, 1999) - actor
• Rush (1999) - assistant director
• The Secret (2000) - assistant director
• Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise (2004) - director, screenplay
• May 18 (2007) - director
• Sector 7 (2011) - director, screenplay
• The Tower (2012) - director, script editor
• Sinkhole (2021) - director
• I Want to Know Your Parents (2022) - director

References

1. ^ "경향과의 만남: 영화 '화려한 휴가' 김지훈 감독" [A Meeting with Kyunghyang: May 18th film director Kim Ji-hoon]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
2. Saroch, Andrew (2007). "May 18th". Far East Films. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
3. "Greenhouse". IndieStory. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
4. "KIM Ji-hoon". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
5. "영화인을 꿈꾸는 고교생, '7광구' 김지훈 감독 특강에 초대합니다" [A high school student dreaming of film: Sector 7 director Kim Ji-hoon invited to special lecture]. Sports Chosun. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2013.; quote: "김지훈 감독은 2007년 730만 관객을 동원한 '화려한 휴가'로 제1회 대한민국영화연기대상 감독상, ... 제27회 한국영화평론가협의회 최우수예술가상 등을 수상했다."
6. ^ Park, Eun-jee (21 December 2012). "The Tower stands tall as a classic disaster film with a human side". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
7. "[이슈IS] 오달수 주연작 전편 무기한 개봉 연기.."대책 없다"" (in Korean). JTBC. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

External links

• Kim Ji-hoon at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Ji-hoon at IMDb
• Kim Ji-hoon at HanCinema

This article about a South Korean film director is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1971 births
• Living people
• Hanyang University alumni
• South Korean film directors
• South Korean film director stubs