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Kim Dong-won is a South Korean documentary filmmaker who was born on February 24, 1955. He is best known for his documentaries on the Korean War, the Korean diaspora, and the Korean-American experience. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Grand Prize at the Seoul International Film Festival in 2002 and the Grand Prize at the Busan International Film Festival in 2003. Kim Dong-won graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in film studies. He began his career as a documentary filmmaker in the late 1970s, and his first feature-length documentary, "The Korean War: A Personal History," was released in 1982. Since then, he has made numerous documentaries about the Korean War, the Korean diaspora, and the Korean-American experience. Kim Dong-won is currently 69 years old. He has a height of 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm). His physical stats are not known. He is not known to be dating anyone at the moment. Kim Dong-won has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned most of his wealth from his career as a documentary filmmaker. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Grand Prize at the Seoul International Film Festival in 2002 and the Grand Prize at the Busan International Film Festival in 2003.

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Occupation Documentary filmmaker
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 24 February 1955
Birthday 24 February
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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2008

His latest documentary 63 Years On is about the comfort women enslaved by the Japanese military in stations across Asia during World War II. The film provides a historical investigation along with interviews with victims still living in Korea, China, and the Philippines. It won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2008.

2004

His acclaimed documentary Repatriation (2004) documents the lives of North Korean spies who were captured in the South Korea and takes a look at their journey back to their homeland after being detained in the South's prisons for over 30 years. A labour of love that took him more than a decade to finish, it has been hailed as the most successful documentary ever in South Korea. It was presented with the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the first time a Korean film has ever been presented with an award at the prestigious U.S. festival. It also won Special Mention at the 24th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and Special Jury Prize at the 5th Busan Film Critics Awards in 2004, as well as Best Documentary Award at the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in 2005.

1955

Kim Dong-won (born February 24, 1955) is a South Korean documentary filmmaker. Kim is best known for his documentary films Repatriation (2004) and 63 Years On (2008).

Born in 1955 in Seoul, Kim Dong-won graduated from Sogang University, majoring in mass communication. He works as an assistant director as well as a documentary filmmaker. In 1991, Kim founded the documentary film collective P.U.R.N Production and has since produced and directed about thirty documentaries.