Gina Kim (filmmaker)
Gina Kim | |
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| Born | 김진아 31 December 1973 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Occupation(s) | film director, film producer, screenwriter, professor |
| Years active | 1995–Present |
Gina Kim (born 1973, South Korea) is a filmmaker and academic. Kim's five feature-length films and short films have garnered acclaim through screenings at most major film festivals and at venues such as the MOMA, Centre Pompidou and the Smithsonian. According to Film Comment, Kim has "a terrific eye, a gift for near-wordless storytelling, a knack for generating a tense gliding rhythm between images and sounds, shots and scenes, and for yielding a quality of radiance in her actors".[1]
Kim received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Seoul National University in 1996 before moving to the United States to attend the California Institute of the Arts where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in 1999.[2] She began her film career shortly thereafter with her first film, Gina Kim's Video Diary.
Between 2004–2007 and 2013–2014, Kim taught film production and theory classes at Harvard University,[3] the first Asian woman to do so. Kim served on the jury for the 66th Venice Film Festival and the Asian Pacific Screen Awards in 2009.
She curated the series "Visions from the South: South Korean Films from 1960–2003" at the Harvard Film Archive.[4] As acknowledgment of special contribution to the teaching of undergraduates at Harvard College, she was awarded a Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University in October 2014.[2]
Kim became a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2017.[5]
Career highlights
Her film Invisible Light (2003) won the special award at the 2004 Seoul Women's Film Festival, and has been screened at more than 23 film festivals and in over 15 countries.[6] Kim's next film, Never Forever won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Deauville American Film Festival.[7][8][9]
Faces of Seoul premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. She was later named in L'Uomo Vogue as one of the "Talents of Venice".[10] Her 2013 film Final Recipe also opened the Culinary Cinema section of the 2014 Berlin Film Festival.[11]
Tearless (2021) was awarded the Reflet d'Or for the best immersive work at the 27th Geneva International Film Festival.[12]
In 2017, L'atelier des Cahiers published Séoul, Visages d'une Ville, a multimedia photo book essay based on Kim's feature-length documentary Faces of Seoul (2009).[13]
In 2018 Kim was listed as one of the "Top Teachers in Film, TV" by Variety magazine.[14]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Festivals | Special Screenings | Awards |
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| 2023 | Comfortless | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| 2021 | Tearless (short) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| 2017 | Bloodless | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| 2013 | Final Recipe | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| 2009 | Faces of Seoul | Yes | Yes |
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| 2007 | Never Forever | Yes | Yes |
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| 2003 | Invisible Light | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| 2002 | Gina Kim's Video Diary | Yes | Yes |
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| 2001 | Morning Becomes Eclectic (short) |
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| 1999 | Empty House (short) |
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| 1998 | Flying Appetite (short) |
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| 1997 | Door (short) |
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| 1996 | Walking (short) | ||||||
| 1995 | Passing Eyes (short) | ||||||
| 1995 | The Picture I Draw (short) | ||||||
| 1995 | Ok Man, This Is Your World (short) | ||||||
| 1995 | Heroine (short) |
References
- ^ Seid, Steve. "BAM/PFA - Film Programs". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ a b "Biography". Gina Kim. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "VES Faculty - Gina Kim". Harvard VES Department. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ^ "Visions from the South: Korean Cinema 1960-2005". Harvard Film Archive. Archived from the original on 2018-06-07.
- ^ "Gina Kim". UCLA School of TFT. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Invisible Light (2003)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ Chang, Justin (2007-01-25). "Never Forever". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28.
- ^ McDonaugh, Maitland (2008). "Movie Review of Never Forever". Time Out New York, issue 654.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2008-04-11). "If You Embrace the Body, the Heart Might Follow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29.
- ^ "L'uomo Vogue Editorial the Cast: Gina Kim, September 2009 Shot #1 - MyFDB". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ^ "Final Recipe - Culinary Cinema 2014". www.berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Awards". GIFF 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Séoul, visages d'une ville". Séoul, visages d'une ville (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Entertainment Education: Top Teachers in Film, TV and More". Variety. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
Further reading
- "For director, video art opens door to world". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 10, 2013.
- "VR TROOPER: GINA KIM". Anthem Magazine. June 5, 2017.
- "Sex Crimes and Virtual Reality: Best VR Storytelling of 2017, Gina Kim's Bloodless" .Filmmaker Magazine. December 22, 2017.
- "[Case Study] Interview with Gina Kim on BLOODLESS and TEARLESS". XRMust. September 2, 2021.