Kim Myung-gon (born December 3, 1952) is a South Korean actor,
screenwriter and music director. He is best known for starring in and
writing the screenplay of Korean film classic Seopyeonje, for which he
won Best Actor at the 1993 Blue Dragon Film Awards. Kim was also
Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from March 2006 to May
2007.Kim is an acclaimed pansori performer. He was chairman of the
organizing committee of the Jeonju International Sori Festival (Sound
of Voice & Music) from 2009 to 2010.He taught Theater and Film as an
instructor at Woosuk University from 1997 to 1998, then taught Theater
as a visiting professor at Korea National University of Arts in
1999.Kim founded the Arirang Theatre Company in 1986, where he was
active until 1999. He then became president of the National Theater of
Korea from 2000 to 2005. He directed Korean stage play adaptations of
Karl Wittlinger's Do You Know the Milky Way? in 2009, and Arthur
Miller's Death of a Salesman (starring Lee Soon-jae and Jeon Moo-song)
in 2013. Kim also produced Endless Voyage in 2012, a stage performance
mixing ballet and traditional Korean dance.
screenwriter and music director. He is best known for starring in and
writing the screenplay of Korean film classic Seopyeonje, for which he
won Best Actor at the 1993 Blue Dragon Film Awards. Kim was also
Korea's Minister of Culture and Tourism from March 2006 to May
2007.Kim is an acclaimed pansori performer. He was chairman of the
organizing committee of the Jeonju International Sori Festival (Sound
of Voice & Music) from 2009 to 2010.He taught Theater and Film as an
instructor at Woosuk University from 1997 to 1998, then taught Theater
as a visiting professor at Korea National University of Arts in
1999.Kim founded the Arirang Theatre Company in 1986, where he was
active until 1999. He then became president of the National Theater of
Korea from 2000 to 2005. He directed Korean stage play adaptations of
Karl Wittlinger's Do You Know the Milky Way? in 2009, and Arthur
Miller's Death of a Salesman (starring Lee Soon-jae and Jeon Moo-song)
in 2013. Kim also produced Endless Voyage in 2012, a stage performance
mixing ballet and traditional Korean dance.
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