Kim Jee-woon (born July 6, 1964) is an acclaimed South Korean film director and screenwriter, known for his stylistic versatility and his ability to master different film genres. He made his debut in 1998 with the black comedy *The Quiet Family*, but he achieved international fame with the psychological horror *A Tale of Two Sisters* (2003), which became a landmark film in Korean cinema. His career continued with critical and commercial successes that explored various styles, including the action noir *A Bittersweet Life* (2005), the "kimchi western" *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), and the brutal revenge thriller *I Saw the Devil* (2010). He also directed his first Hollywood film, *The Last Stand* (2013), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. His works, characterized by a meticulous visual style, have received numerous awards at international film festivals, and his film *The Age of Shadows* (2016) was selected as South Korea's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.