Kim Kyu-tae is a South Korean television director and producer.
11 Facts About Kim Kyu-tae
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Kim Kyu-tae directed the Korean dramas A Love to Kill, Iris, Padam Padam, That Winter, the Wind Blows, It's Okay, That's Love, and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.
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Kim Kyu-tae joined the KBS network in 1996, where he first worked as an assistant director then as a second unit director, notably for Yellow Handkerchief.
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Kim Kyu-tae first worked with screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung when he was the second unit director on The World That They Live In in 2008.
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Kim Kyu-tae reunited with her in 2011 for Padam Padam.
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Kim Kyu-tae said he was "in awe" of Noh's work and wanted to effectively depict her "difficult writing" onscreen.
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Kim Kyu-tae said, "To help viewers better understand the characters' emotions, I used ultra close-up shots," a visual technique that accentuates even the smallest movement in actors' faces or the twinkle in their eyes.
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Kim Kyu-tae was praised for the drama's cinematography, and later won Best Television Director at the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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In 2014, Kim Kyu-tae directed Secret Love, starring the girl group KARA.
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Later that year, Kim Kyu-tae worked with Noh for the fourth time in It's Okay, That's Love, a romance that explored mental illness, starring Jo In-sung and Gong Hyo-jin as a mystery novelist and a psychiatrist, respectively.
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Kim Kyu-tae directed Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, a Korean remake of the Chinese television series, Scarlet Heart.