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Member Info

Members of Theater, Film, and Dance Division Go
임권택

lm, Kwontaek

Division
Theater, Film, and Dance
Specialty
Movie(Director)
Place of birth
Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do
Elected in
2002

Prizes and Awards

  • 1974 Grand Bell Awards Special Prize
  • 1977 Hankuk Play and Film Arts Awards Best Director Prize
  • 1987 Venice Film Festival (Best Actress Award)
  • 1991 Cultural Award of Seoul
  • 2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Prize
  • 2005 The Honorary Golden Bear Prize
  • 2003 Ho-Am Prize

Major works and Art activities

  • 1962~2007 Directed 101 Films
  • 1999 Choonhyang
  • 1994 The Tae Baek Mountainss
  • 1993 Seopyeonje
  • 1991 Fly High Run Far-Kae Byok
  • 1990 Son of the General
  • 1989 Come, Come, Come Upward
  • 1986 The Surrogate Woman
  • 1985 Kilsodeum
  • 1981 Mandara
  • 1961 Farewell to the Duman River
  • 2007 Cheonnyunhak
  • 2011 Scooping Up the Moonlight