Park Jung-woo | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박정우 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Jeong-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chŏng-u |
Park Jung-woo (born 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Park is a screenwriter turned director, and probably ranks as South Korea's most well-known screenwriter for his famous stories such as Attack the Gas Station (1999), Last Present (2001), Kick the Moon (2001), Break Out (2002) and Jail Breakers (2002). [1] [2] In 2004, he debuted with his directorial feature Dance with the Wind (2004). His third feature Deranged (2012) is a refreshing and unique take on the disaster genre, was a hit with more than 4.5 million admissions. [3] [4]
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