- Born
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Nam Ki-nam
An extremely prolific and fast working commercial director in South Korea. In 1942, he was born in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province. At the age of seventeen, he wanted to become an actor in 1959, but he changed direction to direct because he felt he was not as good as the actors he met. He graduated from the University of the Arts, and entered the film industry in the 1960s. Since then, he worked first as an assistant director until his debut in 1972. After that he directed over 100 films. He would shoot multiple films simultaneously, often using the same set ups, and would memorize the scripts so he could work without it. He was also noted for his ability to quickly shoot additional scenes for import movies so they would be allowed to be shown in South Korea, as well as doing Korean second unit work for Hong Kong and Taiwanese films often without credit.
As director
Dong-ja Commotion
Baribari Zzang
The Galgali Family And Dracula
Millennial Reincarnation
Take Off Your Headsets
Girl, 18 Years Old
Young-gu and the Golden Bat
A Surrogate Father
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil 4: Hong Kong Granny Ghost
Who Broke the Red Rose Stem
Two Wacky Heroes
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil 2: Off to the Shaolin Temple
Young-gu and Ddaeng-chil
The Simple-minded Lovebird
Sexual Compatibility
Seven Slaps on the Face
Seoul Likes Women
Fairy of the Night
The Singing Tramp Of Last Year
A Child-like Lady
Detective Q
Great Monks of Shaolin
Vagabond Singer's Begging Song
Hotel At 00:00
The Woman Blacksmith
Evil Hits Evil
For the Motherland
A Chivalrous Man of the Geum River
The Blazing Ninja
At The Roads
