Woo Min-ho

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Woo Min-ho
File:Woo Min-ho at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. 02 (cropped).jpg
Born1971 (age 54–55)
South Korea
OccupationsFilm director,
screenwriter
Years active2000–present
Korean name
Hangul
우민호
Hanja
禹民鎬
RRU Minho
MRU Minho

Woo Min-ho (Korean우민호; 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 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]

Filmography

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Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer Producer
2000 Who killed Jesus? Yes Yes No (short film, 2000)
2010 Man of Vendetta Yes Yes No
2012 The Spies Yes Yes No
2015 Inside Men Yes Yes[a] No
2018 The Drug King Yes Yes[b] No
2020 The Man Standing Next Yes Yes[b] Yes [4]
2024 Harbin Yes Yes[c] No

Television

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Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
TBA Made in Korea Yes No No

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Film Inside Men Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay 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
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[b] Nominated
2020 29th Buil Film Awards Best Film Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay[b] 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[b] Won [9]
2021 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Won [10]
Best Director Nominated [11]
Best Screenplay[b] Nominated
2025 61st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Director Harbin Nominated [12]
2025 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Director Nominated [13]
2025 34th Buil Film Awards Best Director Nominated [14]
2025 23rd Director's Cut Awards Best Director (Film) Nominated [15]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ With Seol Woo-shin
  2. ^ a b c d e f With Lee Ji-min
  3. ^ With Kim Min-seong

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