Woo Min-ho
Woo Min-ho | |
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| File:Woo Min-ho at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. 02 (cropped).jpg Woo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) South Korea |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 우민호 |
| Hanja | 禹民鎬 |
| RR | U Minho |
| MR | U Minho |
Woo Min-ho (Korean: 우민호; 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
[edit | edit source]Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
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| 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | |||
| TBA | Made in Korea | Yes | No | No | |
Awards and nominations
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| 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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External links
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