Woo Min-ho | |
---|---|
Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 2000 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]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Screenwriter | |||
2000 | Who killed Jesus? | Yes | Yes | (short film, 2000) |
2010 | Man of Vendetta | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | The Spies | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Inside Men | Yes | Yes [lower-alpha 1] | |
2018 | The Drug King | Yes | Yes [lower-alpha 2] | |
2020 | The Man Standing Next | Yes | Yes [lower-alpha 2] | |
2024 | Harbin | Yes | Yes [lower-alpha 3] |
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Screenwriter | |||
TBA | Made in Korea | Yes | No |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Film | Inside Men | Nominated | |
Best Director – Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay – Film | Nominated | ||||
2016 | 25th Buil Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2016 | 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Won | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2016 | 53rd Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | Won | [4] | |
Best Director | Won | ||||
Best Screenplay | Won | ||||
2016 | 11th Max Movie Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Trailer | Nominated | ||||
2016 | 21st Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2016 | 36th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Ten Best Films of the Year | Won | ||
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 Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay [lower-alpha 2] | Nominated | ||||
2020 | 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [7] [8] | |
2020 | 40th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Film | Won | ||
Top 10 Films | Won | ||||
2020 | 7th Korean Film Producers Association Awards | Best Director | Won | ||
2020 | Cine 21 Awards | Best 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 |
Yum Jung-ah is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Her notable films include A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), The Big Swindle (2004), The Old Garden (2007), and Cart (2014), as well as the television series Royal Family (2011), and Sky Castle (2018). She was the first runner-up at Miss Korea 1991 and represented Korea in Miss International 1992 and finished as the second runner-up.
Lee So-young, known by her stage name Esom, is a South Korean actress.
Kim Han-min is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed the feature films Paradise Murdered (2007), Handphone (2009), War of the Arrows (2011), and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014).
Huh Joon-ho is a South Korean actor. His name was previously officially romanized as Hur Joon-ho and is sometimes romanized unofficially as Heo Joon-ho.
Byun Yo-han is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014), Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016), and Mr. Sunshine (2018). He has also appeared in films including Socialphobia (2015), The Book of Fish (2021) and Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), for which he was awarded Best Supporting Actor at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Kim Sun-young is a South Korean actress. She has performed in a variety of popular dramas, including Reply 1988 (2015), Because This is My First Life (2018), Romance is a Bonus Book (2019), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Vagabond (2019), Crash Landing On You (2019), and Backstreet Rookie (2020). She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and Wildflower Film Awards for her performance in Communications and Lies. Kim has received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role on Crash Landing On You.
The Man Standing Next is a 2020 South Korean historical political thriller film directed by Woo Min-ho. Based on an original novel of the same title, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, and Lee Hee-joon as the high-ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung Hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979.
Ha Jun, also known by his ex-stage name Song Ha-jun, is a South Korean actor.
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is a 2019 South Korean drama film starring Jung Yu-mi and Gong Yoo. Based on the million-seller novel of the same name by Cho Nam-Joo, it was released on October 23, 2019. The film is about the story of Kim Ji-young, a woman in her 30s who starts acting strangely, seemingly possessed by her mother and late grandmother after becoming a stay at home mom.
The Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film is one of the awards that is presented annually at the Blue Dragon Film Awards by Sports Chosun, which is typically held at the end of the year.
Forbidden Dream is a 2019 South Korean historical drama film directed by Hur Jin-ho and written by Jung Bum-shik and Lee Ji-min. Screenplay by Choi Gun-ho. Based on a true story, it portrays Sejong the Great, king of the Joseon dynasty of Korea, and his relationship with his greatest scientist, Jang Yeong-sil. It made its international debut at the 2020 New York Asian Film Festival in August 2020.
Kang Mal-geum is a South Korean actress. She graduated in Arts from Pusan National University, Department of Korean Language and Literature. She made her acting debut in 2010 in the film Yong-Tae :The Ordinary Memories. She is known for her role in the film Lucky Chan-sil (2019), for which she earned six 'Best New Actress' and one 'Best Actress' awards in seven different award shows. She also appeared in the film The Chase (2017) and the television series Legal High (2019) and Missing: The Other Side (2020). In 2021, she appeared in a small role on the hit Netflix survival drama series Squid Game.
The Book of Fish is a 2021 South Korean black-and-white historical drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik. The film starring Sol Kyung-gu and Byun Yo-han, is about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman and their exchange of knowledge in writing a book. It was theatrically released on March 31, 2021.
The 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 25, 2022, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Organized by Sports Chosun. It aired live on KBS2. 18 categories were awarded at the 43rd edition of awards ceremony, hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Yeon-seok. The nominations for 15 categories were announced for the Korean films released from October 15, 2021 to October 30, 2022 on November 8, 2022, Decision to Leave got 13 nominations in 13 categories, and won 7 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music, and Popular Star Awards.
Filmmaker R&K is a film production company based in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 2005, by Kang Hye-jung and Ryoo Seung-wan. Its notable works mostly directed by Ryoo Seung-wan such as Veteran (2015), The Battleship Island (2017), Escape from Mogadishu (2021) and Smugglers (2023). They also has other projects from other directors such as Exit (2019), Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021).
Kim Young-ho is a South Korean cinematographer. Kim's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. Kim pioneered the use of advanced filming techniques using Hollywood filming equipment to create stylish images that are hard to see in Korean films at that time.