# Kim Tae-yong

Kim Tae-yong (Korean: 김태용; born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut Memento Mori (1999), he helmed the critically-acclaimed Family Ties (2006), and the English-language remake Late Autumn (2010).

## Career

Tae-yong graduated from Yonsei University in 1994 with a major in politics and diplomacy, and first became involved in Korean cinema through a friend, who was an assistant director of an independent production. Inspired by the vibrant atmosphere that came with working on a set, Kim then enrolled at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1996. He met and became friends with fellow director Min Kyu-dong while at KAFA, where he and his classmates would work on short films as a part of the crew and doing lighting. In 1999, Kim and Min received the offer to direct Memento Mori as a sequel to the horror film Whispering Corridors (1998), and so began Kim’s foray into commercial cinema.
In some ways, Memento Mori might be considered the most influential Korean horror film of the 2000s. Although it was not a box-office hit, the film is frequently cited by young filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At the time of its release and in the intervening years, most critics tended to focus their attention on the other of Memento Mori's co-directors, Min Kyu-dong, however the release of Family Ties in spring 2006 established Kim as a highly regarded filmmaker in his own right. His intimate portrayal of a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic and international awards.
Kim's third feature film Late Autumn was a remake of Lee Man-hee's 1966 classic Manchu set in Seattle. It was also critically acclaimed and became the highest-grossing Korean film in China.
Kim then joined the restoration project and re-directed Crossroads of Youth (1934) by "performing" Korea’s oldest known silent film with live narration (by the byeonsa) and musical accompaniment.
Apart from his feature films, Kim has been active in a variety of creative endeavors, from hosting a cinema-themed TV show on EBS to directing plays, shooting documentaries and making cameo appearances (both times as a film director) in the films All for Love (2005) by Min Kyu-dong and Family Matters (2006) by Nam Seon-ho.

## Personal life

Kim married Chinese actress Tang Wei on July 12, 2014, in the front yard of the home of film legend Ingmar Bergman on the remote Swedish island of Fårö. A formal wedding ceremony was later held in Hong Kong, with only immediate family members as guests. The couple first met in 2009 when he directed her in the film Late Autumn, and began dating in October 2013 after Tang shot a commercial in Korea.

## Filmography
### Feature film

Feature film credits :
| Year | Title | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | English | Korean | Director | Screenplay | Producer | Notes |
| 1992 | Space police human power [ko] | 우주경찰 휴먼 파워 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1995 | There is no emergency exit [ko] | 비상구가 없다 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1999 | Memento Mori | 여고괴담 두번째 이야기 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | Family Ties | 가족의 탄생 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Late Autumn | 만추 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Choked | 가시 | No | No | No | Crew member |
| 2024 | Wonderland | 원더랜드 | Yes | Yes | No | |

### Short film

Film credits :
| Year | Title | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | English | Korean | Director | Screenplay | Producer | Notes |
| 1997 | Free to Fly | 열일곱 | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor |
| 1998 | Wannabe | | No | No | No | Crew Member |
| 1998 | Pale Blue Dot | 창백한 푸른 점 | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor, cinematographer, music |
| 1998 | Everything I Got: Marco Polo's View | 동방견문록 | No | No | No | cinematographer |
| 2003 | Engineering—Her Accident | 이공—그녀의 사고 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity (I-gong) Segment: Pass Me | 디지털 단편 옴니버스 프로젝트 이공 - seg. 이 공을 받아줘(Pass Me) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | 155 miles | 155 마일 | No | No | Yes | |
| 2007 | Girl on the Run | 달리는 차은 | Yes | No | No | short film from If You Were Me 4 |
| 2008 | Cinema Paradise | 시네마 천국 | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor |
| 2009 | Gaze 1318 | 시선 1318 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2009 | Take Action, Now or Never! | 모두들 하고 있습니까? | Yes | Yes | No | Green Film Festival in Seoul short film |
| 2011 | After All, We're Still in Love | 오랜 연인들 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | Right on me | 라잇 온 미 | No | Script proofreading | No | |
| 2012 | You Are More Than Beautiful | 뷰티풀 2012 | Yes | No | Yes | Youku short film |
| 2013 | Jury | 주리 | Assistant director | No | No | |
| 2013 | Have a Cup of Tea, or See a Film! | 차라도 한 잔, 영화도 한 편! | No | No | Yes | Green Film Festival in Seoul short film, 2013 |
| 2014 | Picnic | 신촌좀비만화 - seg. 피크닉 | Yes | Yes | No | short film from Mad Sad Bad |
| 2014 | The Wind Will Carry Us | 바람이 우리를 데려다 주리라 | Yes | Yes | No | 2016 15th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival |
| 2015 | Her legend | 그녀의 전설 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |

### Documentary film

Film credits :
| Year | Title | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | English | Korean | Director | Screenplay | Producer | Notes |
| 2006 | On the Road, Two | 온 더 로드, 투 | Yes | No | Yes | rockumentary on Yoon Do Hyun Band's European tour |
| 2016 | 2016 Film Pansori, Chunhyang | 2016 필름 판소리, 춘향뎐 | Yes | Yes | No | documentary |
| 2018 | Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels | 꼭두 이야기 | Yes | Yes | No | Korean traditional music performance documentary |

### Actor

* Family Matters (2006) cameo
* All for Love (2005) cameo
* Camellia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island (2005) cameo
* 2006 film 《Are you all right?》 - cameo (director Jang role)
* 2007 Short Film 155 Miles cameo
* 2013 Naver TV web drama 《The Woman Who Happened》 - cameo

## Television

* Cinema Paradiso (EBS, 1994) host

## Theater

Film credits :
| Year | Title | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | English | Korean | Director | Screenplay | Producer | Notes |
| 2004 | Fascination | 매혹 | Yes | No | No | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Director | Memento Mori | Won |
| 2001 | Fantasporto | International Fantasy Film Award | Memento Mori | Nominated |
| 2001 | Paris Film Festival | Grand Prix | Memento Mori | Nominated |
| 2001 | Slamdance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | Memento Mori | Nominated |
| 2006 | Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Director | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Film | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Jameson Audience Award | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Thessaloniki International Film Festival | Golden Alexander (Best Feature Film) | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2006 | Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Director | Family Ties | Won |
| 2006 | Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2006 | Korean Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2006 | Korean Film Awards | Best Director | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2006 | Korean Film Awards | Best Film | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2007 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2007 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Director | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2007 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Screenplay | Family Ties | Won |
| 2007 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Family Ties | Nominated |
| 2007 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | Family Ties | Won |
| 2007 | Deauville Asian Film Festival | Lotus Jury Prize | Family Ties | Won |
| 2007 | Movie Day | Promising Director | Family Ties | Won |
| 2007 | Ministry of Culture and Tourism | Young Artist of Today Award | Family Ties | Won |
| 2011 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Ex-Change Award by Youth Jury | Late Autumn | Won |
| 2011 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Special Mention of the Jury of the International Federation of Film Societies | Late Autumn | Won |
| 2011 | Buil Film Awards | Best Director | Late Autumn | Won |
| 2011 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Late Autumn | Nominated |
| 2011 | Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Film | Late Autumn | Won |
| 2011 | Korea Green Foundation | Green Santa Award | — | Won |