Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk ( ; December 20, 1960 – December 11, 2020) was a South Korean movie director and screenwriter. His movies have received many awards in the festival awards, making him one of the most important contemporary Asian movie directors.
Career.
He won the Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for "Pietà", Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for "3-Iron", Silver Bear for Best Director at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival for "Samaria" and Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for "Arirang".
His best known movie was "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" (2003). Two of his movies were official submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as South Korean entries.
Kim wrote scripts to many of his former assistant directors including Juhn Jai-hong ("Beautiful" and "Poongsan") and Jang Hoon ("Rough Cut").
Death.
On December 11, 2020, Kim died in Riga, Latvia from problems caused by COVID-19, just nine days before his 60th birthday.