Kim Jho Gwangsoo

This article is about the filmmaker. For the president of Merck Research Laboratories, see Peter S. Kim.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim Jho.
Kim Jho Gwang-soo
Born Kim Gwang-soo
1965 (age 50–51)
Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
Other names Kim Jho Kwang-soo
Peter Kim
Alma mater Hanyang University
Occupation Film director,
Screenwriter,
Film producer
Korean name
Hangul 김조광수
Hanja 金趙光秀
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

Kim Jho Gwang-soo (Hangul: 김조광수; born 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.[1][2]

Career

Kim Gwang-soo was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul. He came out of the closet 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

Kim Jho held a public, non-legal wedding ceremony with film distributor 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

Director

Writer

Producer

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jung, Hyun-mok (17 March 2015). "Director reflects on struggles in filmmaking, gay activism". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Yoon, Min-sik (13 May 2013). "Openly gay director to marry boyfriend". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  4. ↑ Bertolin, Paolo (6 February 2007). "Korean Presence Strong at 57th Berlin Film Festival". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  5. ↑ Kwaak, Je-yup (15 June 2012). "Gay-themed Weddings picks fun over logic". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  6. ↑ Chung, Jane (7 September 2013). "Gay South Korean film director marries his partner in public". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Gay Korean celebrity 'marries' partner". The Korea Herald. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  8. ↑ Oh, Kyu-wook (9 September 2013). "First gay marriage stirs controversy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  9. ↑ Kim, Jae-won (10 December 2013). "Same-sex couple seeks to gain legal status". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  10. ↑ 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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