Directing
Kim Kang-min
Born
1979-11-17 (46)
Known for
Directing
Credits
17 titles
Kim Kang-min is a Korean animation filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.
Known for
NRThe boy used to play with, and kill, insects. After 25 years, he even had to kill a big monster. He then gets killed by mysterious being.
25 Years
2021
NRAt the interstice between materiality and immateriality, Direct work on the filmstrip is digitally rendered, creating tension between surface and depth.
DEUX REGARDS
2008
8.0My mother's dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.
KKUM
2020
4.0Visit He visits a city. The city already forgot him. The city is still sinking in his dream. The flicking segments of real life and illusion. Only the lighthouse has his memory. But the memory will may be vanished.
Visit
2010
NRFirework awakes a forest at night, and the night wood invites us to beautiful place where wood, owl, stream, and giraffe form a wonderful sight. Later, the sun comes up and the night disappears. Animation technique: Scratch on 35mm film. Multi plane
The Night Wood
2008
4.0The emotion of people easily changes. It is not easy to define what emotion is. We just feel it. To feel emotion is like to observe nature because nature always changes by time, sun, and wind. When we observe nature, the nature tries to say what our emotion is because the nature leaves the trace of emotion.
The Trace of Emotion
2008
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRThe boy used to play with, and kill, insects. After 25 years, he even had to kill a big monster. He then gets killed by mysterious being.
25 Years
2021
NRAt the interstice between materiality and immateriality, Direct work on the filmstrip is digitally rendered, creating tension between surface and depth.
DEUX REGARDS
2008
8.0My mother's dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.
KKUM
2020
8.0My mother's dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.
KKUM
2020
4.0Visit He visits a city. The city already forgot him. The city is still sinking in his dream. The flicking segments of real life and illusion. Only the lighthouse has his memory. But the memory will may be vanished.
Visit
2010
4.0Visit He visits a city. The city already forgot him. The city is still sinking in his dream. The flicking segments of real life and illusion. Only the lighthouse has his memory. But the memory will may be vanished.
Visit
2010
NRFirework awakes a forest at night, and the night wood invites us to beautiful place where wood, owl, stream, and giraffe form a wonderful sight. Later, the sun comes up and the night disappears. Animation technique: Scratch on 35mm film. Multi plane
The Night Wood
2008
4.0The emotion of people easily changes. It is not easy to define what emotion is. We just feel it. To feel emotion is like to observe nature because nature always changes by time, sun, and wind. When we observe nature, the nature tries to say what our emotion is because the nature leaves the trace of emotion.
The Trace of Emotion
2008
4.0The emotion of people easily changes. It is not easy to define what emotion is. We just feel it. To feel emotion is like to observe nature because nature always changes by time, sun, and wind. When we observe nature, the nature tries to say what our emotion is because the nature leaves the trace of emotion.
The Trace of Emotion
2008
5.3A father and a son both have the same big birthmark on their butt. Believing that the two birthmarks are connected, the son scrubs his father's birthmark to remove it—but he just can't get rid of it.
Birthmark
2018
5.3A father and a son both have the same big birthmark on their butt. Believing that the two birthmarks are connected, the son scrubs his father's birthmark to remove it—but he just can't get rid of it.
Birthmark
2018
6.0A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.
38-39°C
2011
6.0A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.
38-39°C
2011
NRA somewhat soothing little animation
GLAS Animation Festival Signal Film 2016
2016
Dujung, an elementary school student, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son's body, Dujung suffers side effects.
Deer Flower
2016
Dujung, an elementary school student, goes to a farm in the suburbs with his parents. While his parents believe the expensive and rare specialty from the farm will strengthen their son's body, Dujung suffers side effects.
Deer Flower
2016
