Kim Byung-woo
- Screenwriter
- Film editor
- Film director
- Film producer
Kim Byung-woo (Korean: 김 병우, born 1980) is a South Korean screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.
Career
Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films.[5]
In 2001, he made his first five-minute short film Cry on digital video in a shoestring budget.
In 2003, he made his feature debut when he was still a theatre and film student at Hanyang University. The film Anamorphic has the main character searching for a way out after passing through gates and doors into a shadowy netherworld. He self-funded the project at the cost of US$4,000.
In 2007, his second feature Written propelled his standing in Korean independent cinema to a new level. Written is a film within a film where his lead character was caught in a hellish predicament when his fate as a character in a script is being determined by others. The self-funded film was shot on high-definition video and cost only US$15,000 to make.
Filmography
Released year | Title Original title | Served staff | Production | Present | Country of production | Box office(World, final) |
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2001 (A short film) | Cry | - | - | - | South Korea | - |
2003 | Anamorphic 아나모픽 | - | - | South Korea | - | |
2008 | Written 리튼 | Sio Film | Nintendo Pictures | South Korea | $1,236 | |
2013 | The Terror Live 더 테러 라이브 | Cine2000 | Lotte Entertainment | South Korea | $35,659,824 | |
2018 | Take Point PMC: 더 벙커 |
| CJ Entertainment | South Korea | $12,908,032 |
Awards
- 2013 14th Busan Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
- 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
- 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best Screenplay (The Terror Live)
- 2013 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
References
- ^ "KIM Byung-woo". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ Tae, Sang-joon (8 August 2013). "KIM Byung-woo, Director of THE TERROR LIVE: How to Bring the Scene of Terror "Live" to the Audience". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ "Novice Director Hits Ground Running with The Terror Live". The Chosun Ilbo. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ "The Terror Live Draws 5 Million Moviegoers". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ "Also showing: Kim Byung-woo". scmp.com. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
External links
- Kim Byung-woo at the Korean Movie Database
- Kim Byung-woo at IMDb
- Kim Byung-woo at HanCinema
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- Jeong Seung-mun (1965)
- n/a (1966)
- n/a (1967)
- Jeong So-yeong (1969)
- n/a (1970)
- Byun Jang-ho (1971)
- n/a (1972)
- Lee Won-se (1973)
- n/a (1990)
- Lee Myung-se (1991)
- Kim Young-bin (1992)
- Lee Hyun-seung (1993)
- Kim Hong-joon (1994)
- Lee Min-yong (1995)
- Kang Je-gyu and Hong Sang-soo (1996)
- Song Neung-han (1997)
- Im Sang-soo and Hur Jin-ho (1998)
- Lee Young-jae (1999)
- Ryoo Seung-wan (2000)
- Kim Dae-seung (2001)
- Kim In-sik (2002)
- Jang Joon-hwan (2003)
- Choi Dong-hoon (2004)
- Jeong Yoon-cheol (2005)
- Lee Hae-young and Lee Hae-jun (2006)
- Kim Han-min (2007)
- Lee Kyoung-mi (2008)
- Kang Hyeong-cheol (2009)
- Kim Kwang-sik (2010)
- Yoon Sung-hyun (2011)
- Kim Hong-sun (2012)
- Kim Byung-woo (2013)
- Lee Su-jin (2014)
- Kim Tae-yong (2015)
- Yoon Ga-eun (2016)
- Lee Hyun-ju (2017)
- Jeon Go-woon (2018)
- Lee Sang-geun (2019)
- Hong Eui-jeong (2020)
- Park Ji-wan (2021)
- Lee Jung-jae (2022)
- Ahn Tae-jin (2023)
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