Kim Jho Kwang-soo
Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.
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- Name
- Kim-Jho Gwang-soo
- Birth Name
- Kim Gwang-soo
- Born
- 26 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
- Education
- Hanyang University
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, film producer Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.
- Full name
- 김광수.
- Nationality
- South Korea.
- Languages
- Korean.
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Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.
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• Name — Kim-Jho Gwang-soo • Other Names — Kim-Jho Kwang-soo Peter Kim • Birth Name — Kim Gwang-soo • Born — 26 March 1965 • Birthplace — Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea • Education — Hanyang University • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, film producer Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.
Career
Career
Kim 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. He collaborated with director Leesong Hee-il to produce the 2006 film No Regret, considered to be "the first real Korean gay feature." 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.
Personal life
Personal life
Kim 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. The preparations for their wedding and the ceremony itself was the subject of Jang Hee-sun's 2015 documentary My Fair Wedding.
Director
Director
• 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
Producer
Producer
• 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
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Kim Jho Kwang-soo was recorded at birth as 김광수. He also worked under the name Peter Kim. The authorities additionally record the headings Peter Kim, Kim Jo Kwang-su and Kim-Jho Gwang-soo. His recorded language was Korean. He married Kim Seung-hwan.
Identity
Identity
Kim Jho Kwang-soo is recorded as film director, film producer, screenwriter, human rights defender and actor.
Writer
• 2008 Boy Meets Boy • 2009 Just Friends? • 2010 LOVE, 100°C • 2014 One Night Only
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- 1.Kim Jho Kwang Soo ready for a ten-year battle for the legalization of same-sex marriage. The Sunny Town. 20 décembre 2013.
- 2.Hutami Windiarti. Sutradara Korea Akan Nikahi Pasangan Gay -nya. Soompi. 16 mai 2013.
- 3.Korean Presence Strong at 57th Berlin Film Festival. Hancinema. 6 février 2007.
- 4.Lee Hyo-won. Must-See Movies at 13th Pusan Film Festival. The Korea Times. 28 septembre 2008.
- 5.Kim Gyu-han. [뉴스] 신예 홍종현 서지후, 게이영화 <친구사이?> 캐스팅. Maxmovie. 12 mars 2009.
- 6.Kim Gyu-han. LOVE, 100°C (Korean Short Film). 7 juin 2011.
- 7.Todd Rigney. Romantic Comedy Two Weddings and a Funeral Headed to South Korea This June. Beyond Hollywood.com. 19 mai 2012.
- 8.Kim Jho Kwang Soo autorisé à inscrire son mariage sur les registres du bureau de Seodaemun ?. Hi! K-Pop. 11 septembre 2013.
- 9.Kim Jho Kwang Soo et Kim Seung Hwan prêts pour la bataille judiciaire pour légaliser leur union. Soompi France. 17 décembre 2013.
- 10.Cho Chung-un. Ward office says will reject filmmakers' gay marriage. The Korea Herald. 10 décembre 2013.
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