Kim Ji-woong

Kim Ji-woong (Hanja: 金智雄 Hangul: 김지웅) is a Michigan-based South Korean sound designer, sound editor, film editor, director and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he is known for his satirical scripts to accompany the Buffy Speak trope and most notable for his ability to write English-language films. His Japanese counterpart is Kazuyuki Okasaki.

Bio
Actors Kim Bong-seon and Chen Kai gave birth to a baby boy in Jung District, Seoul on 20 January 1970, who was three months premature.

When the baby showed no signs of life, the doctors declared him dead. His parents were devastated and they wanted to say goodbye to their baby. About 12 hours later, they asked to go down to the morgue to say one last goodbye to their son. When they got there, the baby moved around and started crying. His parents were overjoyed and they named him Kim Ji-woong.

When he was 14 years old, Kim and his family moved to Kowloon, Hong Kong. On 10 May 1990, to start his sound designing/editing career, Kim joined Wong Sound Effects Studio, with his first project being the Hong Kong animated film Fatal Infinity, produced by Golden Harvest Animation and Braulia, Peruru and Leap Movie Co., Ltd. and released by Golden Harvest on 14 May.

On 9 January 1993, with his last project at Wong being the Hong Kong animated film Fight Club, produced by said animation studios and released by said distributor on 8 January, Kim bid farewell to the Wong Sound Effects Studio staff and departed from the company. The next day, Kim moved to Detroit, Michigan and met fellow sound designer/editor Danny William, in which they would team up to join Sunrise Sound Services. Their first project at Sunrise was Free Time, which was produced by Crossover Films Co., Ltd. on 31 January.

Filmography

 * Fatal Infinity (1990)
 * Three Sheets to the Wind (1991)
 * The Fight Club: The Beginning (1991)
 * Massive Strike (1992)
 * Armageddon (1992)
 * Armageddon 2: Aquatic Assault (1993)
 * Fight Club (1993) (last project at Wong Sound Effects Studio)
 * Free Time (1993) (first project at Sunrise Sound Services)
 * Half-Life (1995)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1995)
 * Falling Down 2 (1996)
 * Dumb Teacher (2006-2008; starting with The Rise of Little Guy)
 * Action Crisis (2010)
 * Getting High on Their Own Supply (2015)
 * Le monstre (2015)
 * Ralph & Eddie: User Death Imminent (2016)
 * Scott Pilgrim vs. VG Cats (2018)

Sound effects libraries he uses
NOTE: Boldface indicates main library usage.


 * 3D SFX
 * Elektra Records - Authentic Sound Effects Volume 2 (1964)
 * Foley Sound Library
 * Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library
 * Lucasfilm Sound Effects Library
 * The Premiere Edition Volume 1
 * The Premiere Edition Volume 2

Favorite sound effects

 * Disney - WOOD BREAK
 * Hollywoodedge, Large Shatter Window PE283602
 * SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC
 * SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING
 * SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SMALL EXPLOSION
 * SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH
 * SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SYNTHESIZED JET FLY BY
 * Wong Sound Effects Library - Massive Explosion, 01
 * Wong Sound Effects Library - Small Character Running

Trivia

 * When Kim was about to leave Wong Sound Effects Studio in January 1993, he took one of the sound library CD's with him.
 * At his fifties, Kim still looks the way he was thirty years ago.