Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987)

{{Short description|South Korean filmmaker (born 1987)}}

{{Distinguish|Kim Tae-yong}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Kim Tae-yong

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|20}}

| birth_place = Busan, South Korea

| occupation = Film director,
screenwriter

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| alma_mater = Sejong University - Department of Film Arts

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 김태용

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| rr = Gim Taeyong

| mr = Kim T'aeyong

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Kim Tae-yong (born March 20, 1987) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim got into filmmaking before he turned 20 years old, after watching and inspired by the film The Son by directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.{{cite web|last1=Song|first1=Soon-jin|title=Everything Starts From Short Films|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=292|website=Korean Cinema Today|accessdate=2016-02-10|date=25 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=KIM Tae-yong|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20191068|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|accessdate=2016-02-10}}

His directorial feature debut Set Me Free (2014), critically acclaimed for its stable scriptwriting and direction, is based on his own story.{{cite web|last1=Song|first1=Soon-jin|title=SET ME FREE Director KIM Tae-yong: "Youth Films Are Fantasies to Me"|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/interview.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=122|website=Korean Cinema Today|accessdate=2016-02-10|date=17 October 2014}}