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Kim Byung-woo
South Korean screenwriter and director of films From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kim Byung-woo (Korean: 김병우; born 1980) is a South Korean screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3][4] He is best known for directing the film The Terror Live (2013).
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Personal life
Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.
On October 16, 2025, it was confirmed that Kim would marry actress and singer Hahm Eun-jung in November.[5] The couple married on November 30, 2025.[6]
Career
Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films.[7]
In 2001, he made his first five-minute short film Cry on digital video on 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 the lead character is 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.
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Filmography
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)
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