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South Korean film director and screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Woo Min-ho | |
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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 |
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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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 | |
2018 | The Drug King | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | The Man Standing Next | Yes | Yes | |
2024 | Harbin | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Screenwriter | |||
TBA | Made in Korea | Yes | No |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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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 1] | Nominated | ||||
2020 | 29th Buil Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay[lower-alpha 1] | 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 1] | Won | [9] | |
2021 | 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Won | [10] | |
Best Director | Nominated | [11] | |||
Best Screenplay[lower-alpha 1] | Nominated |
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