Director

Kim Ki-young

Directing

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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 0All crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 1043312

IMDb ID: nm0453579

Known for: Directing

Born: October 10, 1919

Died: February 5, 1998

Age: 78

Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2021

Years active: 69

Average TMDB rating: 6.67

Wikidata: Q494258

Also known as

Ki-young Kim • 김기영 • Kim Gi-yeong • 金绮泳

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Director (19)Writer (4)Producer (3)Editor (2)Screenplay (2)Original Story (1)

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Biography

Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919 – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema. In Korea after the end of World War II, he studied dentistry while becoming involved in the theater. During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service. In 1955, he used discarded movie equipments to produce his first two films. With the success of these two films Kim formed his own production company and produced popular melodramas for the rest of the decade.