Kim Byung-woo (Korean: 김 병우, born 1980) is a South Korean screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3][4]

Kim Byung-woo
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Alma materHanyang University
Occupations
Korean name
Hangul
김병우
Revised RomanizationGim Byeong-u
McCune–ReischauerKim Pyŏng-u

Personal life

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Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.

Career

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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

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Released year Title
Original title
Served staff Production Present Country of production Box office(World, final)
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

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References

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  1. ^ "KIM Byung-woo". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. ^ "Novice Director Hits Ground Running with The Terror Live". The Chosun Ilbo. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  4. ^ "The Terror Live Draws 5 Million Moviegoers". The Chosun Ilbo. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  5. ^ "Also showing: Kim Byung-woo". scmp.com. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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