Kim Young-tak

Kim Young-tak
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
김영탁
Revised RomanizationGim Yeong-tak
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏng-t'ak

Kim Young-tak (born 1976) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim wrote and directed the comedy film Hello Ghost (2010). The comedy was a local hit - the 9th highest grossing Korean film in 2010, and won him the Best New Director (Film) at the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2011.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 2018, Kim released the thriller novel Gomtang about a timetraveller who travels from 2063 to Busan of 2019 and is confronted with series of murders there. While initially published online, it was also published physically in two volumes.

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