Kim Jong-kwan

Kim Jong-kwan (Korean: 김종관; born 1975) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim is an acclaimed and prolific short filmmaker known for his inventive short form narratives. He has helmed the omnibuses Lovers (2008) and Come, Closer (2010). His first feature Worst Woman (2016) which debuted at the 17th Jeonju International Film Festival, won the FIRESCI Award at the 38th Moscow International Film Festival in 2016.

Born in 1975 in Daejeon, Kim graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts, majoring in Film.

• Street Story (2000) - director

• Wind Story (2002) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer

• Wounded (2002) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor

• The Limit Time of Distribution (2003) - cinematographer

• Tell Her I Love Her (2003) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, art director, editor, producer

• How to Operate a Polaroid Camera (2004) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, art director, editor

• One Shining Day (segment: "Good-bye") (2005) - director, screenwriter

• Waiting for Youngjae (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor

• Slowly (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor

• Monologue #1 (2006) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, producer

• A Lonely Season (2006) - director

• Dialogue of Silence (2006) - director

• Screwdriver (2006) - director, cinematographer, editor

• Series Dasepo Naughty Girl (2006) - director

• Short! Short! Short! (segment: "'Waiting") (2007) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer

• The Diaper Of Daughters (2007) - cinematographer

• Lost (2007) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer

• Trend Of This Fall (2008) - director, screenwriter, editor

• Short! Short! Short! (segment: "Coin Boy") (2009) - director

• Whispers In The Wind (2010) - director

• One Perfect Day (2013) - screenwriter

• Phantoms of the Archive (2014) - director, screenwriter

• Persona (2019) - director, screenwriter

• Lovers (2008) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, producer (consisting of 11 short films)

• Come, Closer (2010) - director, screenwriter

• Kim Jong-kwan at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Jong-kwan at IMDb
• Kim Jong-kwan at HanCinema