Jason Kim Explained
| Jason Kim |
| Birth Name: | Kim Ju-hwan |
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
| Alma Mater: | Georgetown University |
| Module: | | Child: | yes | | Headercolor: | transparent | | Hangul: | 김주환 | | Hanja: | ! | | Rr: | Gim Ju-hwan | | Mr: | Kim Chu-hwan |
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Jason Kim (born Kim Ju-hwan on 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.[1]
Career
Kim, 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
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Jason KIM. Korean Film Council. 7 May 2018.
- Web site: Midnight Runners to open in 12 foreign countries. 7 May 2018. 16 August 2017. Yonhap News Agency.
- Web site: Schwartz. William. [HanCinema's Film Review] Koala]. Hancinema. 7 May 2018. 20 May 2017.
- Web site: Lee. Lily. [Lily's Take] Park Seo-joon and Woo Do-hwan Unite in New Movie]. Hancinema. 7 May 2018. 28 March 2018.
- Web site: 차태현·유연석 새 영화 '멍뭉이' 3월1일 개봉. Cha Tae-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seok's new movie 'Puppy' to be released on March 1st. Son Jung-bin . Newsis . Naver . January 26, 2023. January 26, 2023. ko.
