# Kim Sang-bum (film editor)

Kim Sang-bum (born August 14, 1954) is a South Korean film editor, and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook.
Park has the longest-standing partnership is with Editor Kim Sang-bum. Their relationship dates back to when Park, then a college student, joined the directing department led by editor-in-chief Kim Sang-bum. Kim Sang-bum's late father, Editor Kim Hee-soo, was involved in Park Chan-wook's debut film, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream as editor. Since the film Joint Security Area (1998), Kim Sang-bum has edited all of Park Chan-wook's works up until The Handmaiden, except for Stoker (2013).

## Filmography

* Art Museum by the Zoo (1998)
* Judgement (short film, 1999)
* A-rong's Big Expedition (1999)
* A Great Chinese Restaurant (1999)
* The Spy (1999)
* Yellow Hair (1999)
* Tell Me Something (1999)
* Memento Mori (1999)
* Spooky School (2000)
* Interview (2000)
* Bloody Beach (2000)
* Joint Security Area (2000)
* Ghost Taxi (2000)
* Indian Summer (2001)
* The Humanist (2001)
* My Sassy Girl (2001)
* Guns & Talks (2001)
* Waikiki Brothers (2001)
* Hi! Dharma! (2001)
* No Blood No Tears (2002)
* L'Abri (Bus Stop) (2002)
* Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
* The Way Home (2002)
* No Comment (2002)
* Surprise (aka Surprise Party) (2002)
* YMCA Baseball Team (2002)
* A Bizarre Love Triangle (2002)
* Conduct Zero (2002)
* Double Agent (2003)
* The Classic (2003)
* Wishing Stairs (2003)
* Oldboy (2003)
* Ice Rain (2004)
* Windstruck (2004)
* Someone Special (2004)
* Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004)
* Three... Extremes (2004)
* Blood Rain (2005)
* Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
* Murder, Take One (2005)
* Sad Movie (2005)
* The Beast and the Beauty (2005)
* Boy Goes to Heaven (2005)
* King and the Clown (2005)
* If You Were Me 2 (2006)
* Daisy (2006)
* Bloody Tie (2006)
* Radio Star (2006)
* Traces of Love (2006)
* Once in a Summer (2006)
* I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
* Project Makeover (2007)
* Bunt (2007)
* My Son (2007)
* Epitaph (2007)
* For Eternal Hearts (2007)
* The Happy Life (2007)
* Going by the Book (2007)
* Shadows in the Palace (2007)
* All We Need Is Courage (2008)
* Girl Scout (2008)
* Like Father, Like Son (2008)
* Sunny (2008)
* My Mighty Princess (2008)
* Go Go 70s (2008)
* Thirst (2009)
* My Girlfriend Is a Cyborg (2009)
* A Blood Pledge (2009)
* Possessed (2009)
* The Sword with No Name (2009)
* Good Morning President (2009)
* Men without Women (2009)
* Blades of Blood (2010)
* The Servant (2010)
* The Man from Nowhere (2010)
* Cyrano Agency (2010)
* The Recipe (2010)
* The Unjust (2010)
* Haunters (2010)
* Battlefield Heroes (2011)
* If You Were Me 5 (2011)
* Mama (2011)
* The Front Line (2011)
* Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (2011)
* Hindsight (2011)
* Pained (2011)
* A Reason to Live (2011)
* Unbowed (2012)
* Pacemaker (2012)
* Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
* Architecture 101 (2012)
* Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012)
* A Muse (2012)
* The Concubine (2012)
* Whatcha Wearin'? (2012)
* The Tower (2012)
* Day Trip (short film, 2012)
* The Berlin File (2013)
* South Bound (2013)
* Born to Sing (2013)
* Hide and Seek (2013)
* Hope (2013)
* Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013)
* Commitment (2013)
* 11 A.M. (2013)
* The Attorney (2013)
* Man in Love (2014)
* Venus Talk (2014)
* Tabloid Truth (2014)
* Obsessed (2014)
* Mad Sad Bad (2014)
* Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)
* Haemoo (2014)
* Scarlet Innocence (2014)
* Cart (2014)
* Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015)
* C'est si bon (2015)
* The Shameless (2015)
* Minority Opinion (2015)
* Inside Men (2015)
* The Sound of a Flower (2015)
* The Handmaiden (2016)
* Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River (2016)
* Asura: The City of Madness (2016)
* Misbehavior (2017)
* New Trial (2017)
* Lucid Dream (2017)
* A Taxi Driver (2017)
* I Can Speak (2017)
* The Sheriff in Town (2017)
* The Spy Gone North (2018)
* Black Money (2019)
* Decision to Leave (2022)

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 1st Korean Film Awards | 2002 | Best Editing | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Won |
| 12th Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2004 | Best Editing | Oldboy | Won |
| 41st Grand Bell Awards | 2004 | Best Editing | Oldboy | Won |
| Korean Film Awards | 2004 | Best Editing | Oldboy | Nominated |
| 13th Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2005 | Best Editing | Blood Rain | Won |
| 43rd Grand Bell Awards | 2006 | Best Editing | Murder, Take One | Won |
| 47th Grand Bell Awards | 2010 | Best Editing | The Man from Nowhere | Won |
| 8th Korean Film Awards | 2010 | Best Editing | The Man from Nowhere | Won |
| Apolo Awards | 2016 | Best Editing | The Handmaiden | Nominated |
| Asian Film Awards | 2016 | Best Editing | The Handmaiden | Nominated |
| 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2017 | Best Editing | The Spy Gone North | Nominated |
| 55th Grand Bell Awards | 2018 | Best Editing | The Spy Gone North | Nominated |
| Asian Film Awards | 2023 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2022 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2022 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2023 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Longlisted |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2022 | Best Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2022 | Best Film Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards | 2023 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2023 | Best Film Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Sunset Circle Awards | 2022 | Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Nominated |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | 2022 | José Salcedo Award for Best Editing | Decision to Leave | Won |