Kim Byung-woo

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

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

Kim Byung-woo
Born	1980 (age 44–45) Busan, South Korea
Alma mater	Hanyang University
Occupations	Film director film editor producer screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul	김병우
RR	Gim Byeongu
MR	Kim Pyŏngu

Personal life

Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.

Career

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

Year	Title	Original title	Credited as			Notes
			Director	Writer	Producer
2001	Cry	-	-	-	-	Short film
2003	Anamorphic	아나모픽	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor
2008	Written	리튼	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor
2013	The Terror Live	더 테러 라이브	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Take Point	PMC: 더 벙커	Yes	Yes	No
2025	Omniscient Reader: The Prophet	전지적 독자 시점	Yes	Yes	No	[6]

Awards

• 2013 14th Busan Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
• 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
• 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best Screenplay (The Terror Live)
• 2013 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)