Kim Dong-won (filmmaker, born 1955)

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Kim Dong-won
Born (1955-02-24) February 24, 1955 (age 68)
Alma mater Sogang University
Occupation Documentary filmmaker
Years active1988–present
Korean name
Hangul
김동원
Revised Romanization Gim Dong-won
McCune–Reischauer Kim Tong-wŏn

Kim Dong-won (born February 24, 1955) is a South Korean documentary filmmaker. Kim is best known for his documentary films Repatriation (2004) and 63 Years On (2008). [1]

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Career

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His acclaimed documentary Repatriation (2004) documents the lives of North Korean spies who were captured in the South Korea and takes a look at their journey back to their homeland after being detained in the South's prisons for over 30 years. A labour of love that took him more than a decade to finish, it has been hailed as the most successful documentary ever in South Korea. [4] [5] [6] It also won Special Mention at the 24th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and Special Jury Prize at the 5th Busan Film Critics Awards in 2004, as well as Best Documentary Award at the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in 2005. [7] [8]

His latest documentary 63 Years On won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2008. [9] [10]

Filmography

As director

As screenwriter

As producer

As script editor

Awards

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