
Kim Tae-ho
South Korean television director (born 1975)
Kim Tae-ho (Korean: 김태호; born May 4, 1975) is a South Korean television director.2
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Born May 4, 1975.1
Early life and education
- Date not recordedKorea University3
Kim was born in Daecheon, South Chungcheong Province (now Boryeong). He attended Daecheon Middle School, before moving to Gongju. South Chungcheong Province, at the age of 15.
He graduated from Kongju National University's College of Education High School and Korea University's Department of Journalism and Broadcasting.
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Career
Occupation: television director.6
After graduating, Kim joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in 2002 and worked largely on the channel's Sunday night programs aired on Sunday Sunday Night.
He gained prominence amongst viewers as the director of Infinite Challenge due to his use of humorous subtitles and captions. His work on Infinite Challenge has garnered him popular and professional recognition and earned him nominations for various awards.
From September to November 2017 Kim was one of several thousand employees of MBC and KBS who participated in a joint labor union strike over unfair company practices at their respective broadcasting stations. He was reported to have won an award at the annual KCC Broadcasting Awards that August but refused to attend out of solidarity for his colleagues. As a result of the strike, popular programs on both MBC and KBS such as Infinite Challenge, Happy Together, Music Bank, Show! Music Core and others were canceled for up to twelve weeks.
On September 7, 2021, MBC announced that Kim would be leaving MBC by the end of that year.
Kim founded his own production company TEO in 2022 where he is currently the CEO.
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Personal life
In July 2009 Kim married his wife, a make-up artist. Their son was born in December 2014.
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- 1WikidataKim Tae-ho on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKim Tae-ho on Wikipedia
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsKim Tae-ho photo by 박재환, CC BY-SA 3.0