Kim Young-tak

{{Short description|South Korean film director and screenwriter (born 1976)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

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| hangul = 김영탁

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| rr = Gim Yeongtak

| mr = Kim Yŏngt'ak

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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.{{cite web|title=KIM Young-tak|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10005032|work=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-10-02}}{{cite web|last1=Han |first1=Sang-hee |title=A striking twist after an arduous journey |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/12/141_77761.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=2015-10-02 |date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003182838/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/12/141_77761.html |archive-date= 3 October 2015 }}{{cite web|title=The Best Selling Films of 2010|url=http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm10.html|website=Koreanfilm.org|access-date=2015-10-02}}{{cite web|title=Hello Ghost walks through walls, opens in China|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=1664|work=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-10-02|date=29 November 2011}}{{cite news|title=47th Baeksang Arts Awards Winners!|url=http://www.jpopasia.com/news/47th-baeksang-arts-awards-winners::7031.html|work=JPopAsia|access-date=2015-10-02|date=27 May 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Jung|first1=Yu-mi|title=In Focus: Slow Video|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/inFocus.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=87|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-10-02|date=6 October 2014}} 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.