---
name: "Kim Hyeon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-hyun"
fi1m_id: "kim-hyun"
imdb_id: "nm0453479"
tmdb_id: 17134
wikidata_id: "Q12589212"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:42:59.028934+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kim Hyeon

## Identity

Kim Hyeon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-hyun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-hyun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0453479
- **TMDB ID:** 17134
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12589212
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12589212, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17134

Editor. Born 5 August 1948 in Gyeongju.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 August 1948, Gyeongju
- **Active:** 2010–2018
- **Also known as:** Kim Hyun, 김현, Hyun Kim, Hyun Ki Kim, 김현기
- **Frequently works with:** [Lee Chang-dong](https://film.one/person/lee-chang-dong.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12589212, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17134

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Burning*](https://film.one/film/burning.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kim Hyun is a South Korean film editor. Born on 5 August 1948 in Gyeongju, he has worked extensively in Korean cinema since the 1970s.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director Lee Chang-dong, editing *Peppermint Candy* (2000), *Oasis* (2002), *Secret Sunshine* (2007), *Poetry* (2010) and *Burning* (2018). Other notable credits include *Green Fish* (1997), *Happy End* (1999), *The Warrior* (2001) and *The Cat* (2011).

According to IMDb, he has received seven wins and eight nominations for his editing work.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Burning* (2018), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md)
- *Poetry* (2010), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/poetry.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Burning* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md)
- *The Cat* (2011), Editor
- *Poetry* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/poetry.md)
- *The Divine Weapon* (2008), Editor
- *Secret Sunshine* (2007), Editor
- *Wedding Campaign* (2005), Editor
- *Princess Aurora* (2005), Editor
- *Springtime* (2004), Editor
- *The President's Barber* (2004), Editor
- *When I Turned Nine* (2004), Editor
- *Resurrection of the Little Match Girl* (2002), Editor
- *Oasis* (2002), Editor
- *One Fine Spring Day* (2001), Editor
- *The Warrior* (2001), Editor
- *Peppermint Candy* (2000), Editor
- *Happy End* (1999), Editor
- *The Uprising* (1999), Editor
- *City of the Rising Sun* (1999), Editor
- *Two Cops 3* (1998), Editor
- *Deep Blue* (1997), Editor
- *Push! Push!* (1997), Editor
- *He Asked Me If I Knew Zither* (1997), Editor
- *Father* (1997), Editor
- *Beat* (1997), Editor
- *Green Fish* (1997), Editor
- *Their Last Love Affair* (1996), Editor
- *Two Cops 2* (1996), Editor
- *Run Away* (1995), Editor
- *Mom Has a New Boyfriend* (1995), Editor
- *Bitter and Sweet* (1995), Editor
- *How to Top My Wife* (1994), Editor
- *Marriage Story 2* (1994), Editor
- *Rules of the Game* (1994), Editor
- *Out to the World* (1994), Editor
- *The Story of Two Women* (1994), Editor
- *Two Cops* (1993), Editor
- *To the Starry Island* (1993), Editor
- *Love is Oh Yeah!* (1993), Editor
- *Passage to Buddha* (1993), Editor
- *Western Avenue* (1993), Editor
- *Dead End* (1993), Editor
- *Blue In You* (1992), Editor
- *Mister Mama* (1992), Editor
- *The Silence of Eros* (1992), Editor
- *Walking all the way to heaven* (1992), Editor
- *The Road to the Racetrack* (1991), Editor
- *Beyond the Mountain* (1991), Editor
- *열일곱살의 쿠데타* (1991), Editor
- *Berlin Report* (1991), Editor
- *Seoul Evita* (1991), Editor
- *Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?* (1991), Editor
- *A Small Autocratic Republic* (1991), Editor
- *Passion Portrait* (1991), Editor
- *My Love, My Bride* (1990), Editor
- *Black Republic* (1990), Editor
- *The Dream* (1990), Editor
- *The Woman Who Walks on Water* (1990), Editor
- *Because You Are a Woman* (1990), Editor
- *Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes* (1990), Editor
- *Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist* (1990), Editor
- *North Korean Partisan in South Korea* (1990), Editor
- *Oseam* (1990), Editor
- *Rooster* (1990), Editor
- *Happiness Does Not Come in Grades* (1989), Editor
- *Miss Rhino and Mr Korando* (1989), Editor
- *Gagman* (1989), Editor
- *Chilsu and Mansu* (1988), Editor
- *Sa Bang-ji* (1988), Editor
- *The Age of Success* (1988), Editor
- *Hello, God* (1987), Editor
- *Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day* (1987), Editor
- *Our Joyful Young Days* (1987), Editor
- *Pillar of Mist* (1987), Editor
- *Foggy after Clouds in Mujin* (1986), Editor
- *Hwang Jin Yi* (1986), Editor
- *Whale Hunting 2* (1985), Editor
- *Whale Hunting* (1984), Editor
- *Tinker Wife* (1983), Editor
- *Wife* (1983), Editor
- *Wild Dogs* (1983), Editor
- *Shall Cuckoo Sing at Night* (1980), Editor
- *Nobody Knows* (1977), Actor
- *Love My Whole Body* (1973), Editor

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