Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (Korean: 김조광수; born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.[1][2]
Kim-Jho Gwang-soo | |
|---|---|
 Kim-Jho in 2013 | |
| Born | Kim Gwang-soo March 26, 1965 Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Kim-Jho Kwang-soo Peter Kim |
| Alma mater | Hanyang University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김조광수 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim-Jo Gwang-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim-Cho Kwang-su |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김광수 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Gwang-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kwang-su |
Career
editKim Gwang-soo was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul. He disclosed his sexual orientation in 2006, and legally changed his name to Kim Jho Gwang-soo. Kim-Jho is one of South Korea's few openly gay film directors and has been involved in the production of several works with LGBT themes.[3]
He collaborated with director Leesong Hee-il to produce the 2006 film No Regret, considered to be "the first real Korean gay feature."[4] In 2008, he directed and wrote his first short film, Boy Meets Boy as well as two follow-ups: Just Friends? (2009) and LOVE, 100°C (2010). His first feature film, Two Weddings and a Funeral was released in 2012.[5]
Personal life
editKim Jho held a public, non-legal wedding ceremony with film distributor and LGBT activist David Kim Seung-hwan (his partner since 2004), in Seoul on September 7, 2013, the first of its kind in the country which does not recognize same-sex marriages.[6][7][8][9] The preparations for their wedding and the ceremony itself was the subject of Jang Hee-sun's 2015 documentary My Fair Wedding.[10]
Filmography
editDirector
edit- 2008 Boy Meets Boy
- 2009 Just Friends?
- 2010 Ghost (Be With Me)
- 2010 LOVE, 100°C
- 2012 Two Weddings and a Funeral
- 2014 One Night Only
Writer
edit- 2008 Boy Meets Boy
- 2009 Just Friends?
- 2010 LOVE, 100°C
- 2014 One Night Only
Producer
edit- 2001 Wanee & Junah
- 2002 Jealousy Is My Middle Name
- 2004 So Cute
- 2005 The Red Shoes
- 2006 No Regret
- 2006 Old Miss Diary
- 2007 Boys of Tomorrow
- 2007 Pornmaking for Dummies
- 2007 Milky Way Liberation Front
- 2010 Ghost (Be With Me)
- 2010 Break Away
- 2011 Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow
- 2011 The Client
- 2015 Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island
- 2019 Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jung, Hyun-mok (17 March 2015). "Director reflects on struggles in filmmaking, gay activism". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ^ Kim, Su-yeon (23 February 2015). "Interview: KIMJHO Kwang-soo, CEO of Generation Blue Films: "I want to create a unique filmography for Generation Blue Films"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ^ Yoon, Min-sik (13 May 2013). "Openly gay director to marry boyfriend". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Bertolin, Paolo (6 February 2007). "Korean Presence Strong at 57th Berlin Film Festival". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (15 June 2012). "Gay-themed Weddings picks fun over logic". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Chung, Jane (7 September 2013). "Gay South Korean film director marries his partner in public". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ "Gay Korean celebrity 'marries' partner". The Korea Herald. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Oh, Kyu-wook (9 September 2013). "First gay marriage stirs controversy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Kim, Jae-won (10 December 2013). "Same-sex couple seeks to gain legal status". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (17 May 2015). "My Fair Wedding documents gay marriage with loving touch". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
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