Kim Tae-yong (born March 20, 1987) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim got into filmmaking before he turned 20 years old, after watching and inspired by the film The Son by directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.^[1][2]

His directorial feature debut Set Me Free (2014), critically acclaimed for its stable scriptwriting and direction,^[1] is based on his own story.^[3]

Filmography

• As Children (short film, 2005) - director
• Twenty's Wind (short film, 2005) - director
• You Can Count on Me (short film, 2006) - director
• Solongos (short film, 2007) - director
• Exhausted (2009) - assistant director
• Frozen Land (short film, 2010) - director, screenwriter
• Social Service Agent (short film, 2011) - director, screenwriter, editor
• Night Market (short film, 2012) - director^[4]
• Night Bugs (short film, 2012) - director, screenwriter
• Spring Fever (short film, 2013) - director, screenwriter
• One Summer Night (short film, 2014) - director, screenwriter
• One Night Only (short film, 2014) - director
• Romance in Seoul (episode 4: "Spring Fever") (2014) - director, screenwriter
• Set Me Free (2014) - director, screenwriter
• Misbehavior (2016) - director, screenwriter

Awards

• 2015 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (Set Me Free)
• 2015 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Director (Set Me Free)