Kwak Ji-kyoon explained

Kwak Ji-kyoon

Birth Name:

Kwak Jung-kyoon

Birth Date:

November 10, 1954

Birth Place:

Daejeon, South Korea

Death Place:

Daejeon, South Korea

Occupation:

Film director,
screenwriter

Module:

Child:	yes
Headercolor:	transparent
Hangul:	곽지균
Rr:	Gwak Ji-Gyun
Mr:	Kwak Ji-Kyun
Hangulborn:	곽정균
Rrborn:	Gwak Jeong-Gyun
Mrborn:	Kwak Chŏng-Kyun

Kwak Ji-kyoon (born Kwak Jung-kyoon, November 10, 1954 – May 25, 2010) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kwak made his directorial debut in 1986 with the film Winter Wanderer, and later directed Portrait of the Days of Youth (1991) and Plum Blossom (2000). He committed suicide on May 25, 2010, after suffering from depression for 10 years.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Filmography

So Close Yet Far (1978) - assistant director
When Sadness Takes Over a Wave (1978) - assistant director
Yeosu (The Loneliness of the Journey) (1979) - assistant director
Tomorrow After Tomorrow (1979) - assistant director
The Divine Bow (1979) - assistant director
Mrs. Speculator (1980) - assistant director
The Hidden Hero (1980) - assistant director
Mandala (1981) - assistant director
Tears of the Idol (1982) - assistant director
As Firm As A Stone (1983) - assistant director
Deep Blue Night (1985) - assistant director
Deer Hunting (1985) - screenwriter
- Winter Wanderer (1986) - director The Home of Two Women (1987) - director, screenwriter
Wound (1989) - director
Long After That (1989) - director
Portrait of the Days of Youth (1991) - director
The Woman Who Won't Divorce (1992) - director
Rosy Days (1994) - director
Deep Blue (1997) - director
Plum Blossom (2000) - director, screenwriter
Fly High (2006) - director, screenwriter

Awards

1986 6th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (Winter Wanderer)
1991 29th Grand Bell Awards: Best Director (Portrait of the Days of Youth)

Notes and References

Web site: Film director Kwak Commits Suicide. The Korea Times. 2015-09-28. 26 May 2010.
Web site: Han. Sang-hee. Film director dies in apparent suicide. The Korea Times. 2015-09-28. 26 May 2010.
Web site: Film Director Kawk Ji Kyun Commits Suicide. KBS Global. 2015-09-28. 27 May 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928162622/http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/entertainment_news/news_view2.html?no=7395&current_page=103. 28 September 2015.
Web site: James. Mudge. Wanderer in Winter (1986) Movie Review. Beyond Hollywood.com. 2015-09-28. 23 June 2007.
Web site: Kim. Tae-jong. Fly High, Outdated Melodrama. The Korea Times via Hancinema. 2015-09-28. 17 August 2008.