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Kim Dong-won

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 02/24/1955 (69) | Seoul (South Korea)
Kim Dong-won (born February 24, 1955) is a South Korean documentary filmmaker. Kim is best known for his documentary films Repatriation (2004) and 63 Years On (2008). ()

KIM Dong-won is like a godfather to Korean documentaries. As the leader of [PURN Production], a documentary production house that focused on unearthing the contradictions of Korean society from a progressive viewpoint. Purporting to make “good,” rather than “fun” movies, his camera zoomed straight in on the dark corners of the society, places full of contradictions, and refuges of the socially disadvantaged. KIM’s works provided textbook examples to Korea’s documentary directors that followed in his footsteps. His debut movie, < Sangye-dong Olympics >(1987), deals with people of Sangye-dong, an area of Seoul that was torn down by the government only because the area was “not easy on eyes” in the years leading up to the Seoul Olympics of 1988. In < Repatriation >(2004), arguably his best work, KIM Dong-won’s camera followed in breathing distance the lives of unconverted long-term pro-North Korea prisoners in South Korean jails. Devoid of any traces of exaggeration or direction, < Repatriation > shows the power of a documentary by capturing the essence of the subjects through long and candid takes.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries

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Movies with Kim Dong-won as Crew(6)

Directing/Director2008 63 Years On
Directing/Director2006 If You Were Me 2
Directing/Director2004 Repatriation
Writing/Screenplay2004 Repatriation
Directing/Director1988 Sanggyedong Olympic

Full Name: Dong-won Kim
Citizenship: South Korea
Born: Thursday, 02/24 1955 (February) in Seoul (South Korea) (current age: 69 years + 33 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Korean (KO, native language)
Educated at: Sogang University
Other names for Kim Dong-won (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"김동원"
"Kim Tongwŏn" (McCune-Reischauer Romanization)
"Gim Dongweon" (Revised Romanization)
"Kim Dong-won (filmmaker, born 1955)"
Kim Dong-won frequently works together with these people:
Seo Ju-hee (1x, Actress)
Kuk Su-ran (1x, Crew)
Ryu Seung-ryong (1x, Actor)
Kwon Hyeong-joon (1x, Actor)
Lee Jae-yong (1x, Actor)
Jeong Eun-hye (1x, Actress)
Byun Young-joo (1x, Crew)
Lee Jin-sun (1x, Actress)
Lee Jeong-heon (1x, Actor)
Pyo Yong-soo (1x, Crew)
Yoon Jeong-hee (1x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Kim Dong-won, Kim Dong-won (KR), Kim Dong-won

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:208110, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024