Kim Byung-woo (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4]
Kim Byung-woo | |
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Born | 1980 (age 41–42) Busan South Korea |
Alma mater | Hanyang University |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
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Revised Romanization | Gim Byeong-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Pyŏng-u |
Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.
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.
Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director | |
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