Kim Ki-duk (December 20, 1960 – December 11, 2020) was a prolific South Korean writer-director of idiosyncratic, allegorical, and often extreme and transgressive arthouse dramas, best known for "The Isle" (2000), "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring" (2003), "Samaritan Girl" (2004), "3-Iron" (2004) and "Pieta" (2012). His films have received many distinctions on the international festival circuit.

Filmography

• 2025Ask the Mountain — Writer, Executive Producer
• 2022Call of God — Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Producer
• 2021The Past Time — Executive Producer
• 2019Dissolve — Director, Writer, Editor, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay, Cinematography, Director of Photography
• 2018Human, Space, Time and Human — Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay
• 2017Excavator — Writer
• 2016Stop — Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Art Direction, Producer
• 2016The Net — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2014Godsend — Writer, Producer
• 2014Made in China — Screenplay, Producer
• 2014One on One — Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
• 2013Moebius — Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
• 2013Red Family — Editor, Screenplay, Producer
• 2013Rough Play — Screenplay
• 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded — Self (segment Kim Ki-Duk), Director
• 2012Pieta — Director, Editor, Writer
• 2011Amen — Masked Man, Editor, Cinematography, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2011Arirang — Self, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2011Poongsan — Producer, Screenplay
• 2008Beautiful — Story, Producer
• 2008Dream — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• 2008Rough Cut — Writer, Producer
• 2007Breath — Prison Warden, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2007Kim Ki-duk, filmmaker of convulsive beauty
• 2006Time — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 2005The Bow — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• 20043-Iron — Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
• 2004Samaritan Girl — Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Set Decoration, Editor
• 2003Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring — Adult Monk, Director, Editor, Writer
• 2002Bad Guy — Director, Writer
• 2002The Coast Guard — Director, Screenplay
• 2001Address Unknown — Director, Writer, Production Design
• 2000Real Fiction — Director, Writer, Production Design
• 2000The Isle — Director, Writer, Production Design, Set Designer
• 1998Birdcage Inn — Director, Screenplay
• 1997The Rocket Is Launched
• 1997Wild Animals — Director, Writer, Art Direction
• 1996Crocodile — Director, Writer

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2020Life is a Thrill — Self
• 2017Plankton Salesmen — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Balkan Spirit — Self - Director
• 2013Ongoing Smile — Self
• 2005The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema — Self