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Kim Jho Kwang-soo

金趙光秀　/　きむじょ・ぐぁんす

Film director from South Korea

March 26, 1965 (age 61)　・　Seongbuk District, South Korea

film director
film producer
screenwriter

My Take

What draws me to Kim Jho Kwang-soo is the rare fusion he embodies. Plenty of filmmakers can write, direct, and produce, but few wield their craft as an extension of a deeper conviction. As an LGBT rights advocate working within Korean cinema, he turned the camera into something closer to a moral instrument. I find that kind of dual purpose far more compelling than technical brilliance alone. A director who risks his own standing to widen a conversation tends to leave work that outlasts the trends around it. He strikes me as someone whose art and activism are simply two faces of one honest impulse.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kim Jho Kwang-soo
Name (Japanese): 金趙光秀
Reading: きむじょ・ぐぁんす
Born: March 26, 1965 (age 61)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Snake
Origin: Seongbuk District, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / film producer / screenwriter / human rights defender / stage actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Hanyang University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/kimjhogwangsoo
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E8%B6%99%E5%85%89%E7%A7%80

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