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FILM DIRECTOR

Im Kwon-taek

1936 - Today

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Im Kwon-taek (Korean: 임권택; born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards, as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Im Kwon-taek has received more than 135,977 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Im Kwon-taek is the 513th most popular film director (up from 515th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 121st in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

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  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Im Kwon-taek ranks 513 out of 1,581. Before him are Paul Thomas Anderson, Glauber Rocha, Moshé Mizrahi, Peter Yates, John Badham, and Lee Chang-dong. After him are Tom Holland, Mamoru Hosoda, Yoji Yamada, Alain Corneau, Ferdinand Zecca, and Don Bluth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Im Kwon-taek ranks 176. Before him are Slava Metreveli, William Levada, Joaquín Peiró, Art Metrano, Dacia Maraini, and A. S. Byatt. After him are Santos Abril y Castelló, Walter Lewin, Walter Koenig, Polina Astakhova, Šaban Bajramović, and Raymond Damadian.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Im Kwon-taek ranks 120 out of 944. Before him are Hong Myung-bo (1969), J-Hope (1994), Isang Yun (1917), Lee Young-ae (1971), Choi Eun-hee (1926), and Lee Chang-dong (1954). After him are Daniel Dae Kim (1968), Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (1931), Jisoo (1995), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Byung-Chul Han (1959), and Lee Wan-koo (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Im Kwon-taek ranks 6. Before him are Kim Ki-duk (1960), Park Chan-wook (1963), Bong Joon-ho (1969), Shin Sang-ok (1926), and Lee Chang-dong (1954). After him are Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Kwak Jae-yong (1959), and Yeon Sang-ho (1978).

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Filmography

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