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Jason Kim

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Jason Kim
Born
Kim Ju-hwan

1981 (age 42–43)
Alma materGeorgetown University
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
김주환
Revised RomanizationGim Ju-hwan
McCune–ReischauerKim Chu-hwan

Jason Kim (born Kim Ju-hwan on 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.[1]

Career

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Kim, born in 1981, majored in international politics from Georgetown University in the United States. He served for three years as an interpreter in the Republic of Korea Air Force before joining Showbox's promotion department and later the film investment department. He dreams of making his own films and has made in his spare time youth drama films Goodbye My Smile (2010) and Koala (2013). He later quit his job to pursue his career in filmmaking. He spent three years working on the script of his first mainstream film Midnight Runners (2017) which became a hit in South Korea and was also screened overseas.[2]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Jason KIM". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Midnight Runners to open in 12 foreign countries". Yonhap News Agency. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ Schwartz, William (20 May 2017). "[HanCinema's Film Review] Koala". Hancinema. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ Lee, Lily (28 March 2018). "[Lily's Take] Park Seo-joon and Woo Do-hwan Unite in New Movie". Hancinema. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ^ Son Jung-bin (January 26, 2023). "차태현·유연석 새 영화 '멍뭉이' 3월1일 개봉" [Cha Tae-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seok's new movie 'Puppy' to be released on March 1st]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
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