Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)

South Korean film director and professor

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Date of Death: 07-Sep-2017

Profession: professor, film director

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Kim Ki-duk (29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a South Korean film director and professor.
Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film Yongary, Kim Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977.
Along with Kim Soo-yong and Lee Man-hee, Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s.
The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama (???? - cheongchun yeonghwa).
He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron.