Woo Min-ho

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Woo Min-ho
Woo Min-ho at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. 01.jpg
Woo Min-ho at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
Born1971 (age 5253)
Occupation(s) Film director,
screenwriter
Years active2000 to present
Korean name
Hangul
우민호
Hanja
Revised Romanization U Min-ho
McCune–Reischauer U Min-ho

Woo Min-ho (born 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Woo debuted with the revenge thriller Man of Vendetta (2010), followed by the action comedy thriller The Spies (2012), both starred Kim Myung-min in the lead. His latest political thriller Inside Men (2015), based on Yoon Tae-ho's webtoon The Insiders which focused on the corrupt systems existing in Korea, the film focused on the intense competition between the characters themselves. Starring Lee Byung-hun, it was a hit with more than 5.7 million admissions as of December 12, 2015. [1] [2] [3]

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Director Screenwriter
2000Who killed Jesus?YesYes(short film, 2000)
2010 Man of Vendetta YesYes
2012 The Spies YesYes
2015 Inside Men YesYes [lower-alpha 1]
2018 The Drug King YesYes [lower-alpha 2]
2020 The Man Standing Next YesYes [lower-alpha 2]
2024 Harbin YesYes [lower-alpha 3]

Television

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Director Screenwriter
TBA Made in Korea YesNo

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Film Inside Men Nominated
Best Director – Film Nominated
Best Screenplay – Film Nominated
2016 25th Buil Film Awards Best FilmNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
2016 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best FilmWon
Best DirectorNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
2016 53rd Grand Bell Awards Best FilmWon [4]
Best DirectorWon
Best ScreenplayWon
201611th Max Movie AwardsBest FilmNominated
Best DirectorNominated
Best TrailerNominated
201621st Chunsa Film Art Awards Best DirectorNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
201636th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Ten Best Films of the YearWon
2020 56th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Film The Man Standing Next Nominated [5] [6]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay [lower-alpha 2] Nominated
2020 29th Buil Film Awards Best FilmNominated
Best DirectorNominated
Best Screenplay [lower-alpha 2] Nominated
2020 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best DirectorNominated [7] [8]
202040th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best FilmWon
Top 10 FilmsWon
20207th Korean Film Producers Association AwardsBest DirectorWon
2020 Cine 21 AwardsBest Screenplay [lower-alpha 2] Won [9]
2021 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Won [10]
Best Director Nominated [11]
Best Screenplay [lower-alpha 2] Nominated

See also

Notes

  1. With Seol Woo-shin
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 With Lee Ji-min
  3. With Kim Min-seong

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