# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-ki-duk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:27.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-ki-duk"
name: "Kim Ki-duk"
slug: "kim-ki-duk"
description: "Kim Ki-duk was a South Korean filmmaker, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors."
tagline: "South Korean film director (1960–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Ki-duk_at_the_69th_Venice_International_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-12-20"
deathDate: "2020-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.551124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  210
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1104118"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump