Woo Min-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Woo.

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]

Woo Min-ho
Woo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	1971 (age 53–54) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2000 to present
Korean name
Hangul	우민호
Hanja	禹民鎬
RR	U Minho
MR	U Minho

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
2000	Who killed Jesus?	Yes	Yes	(short film, 2000)
2010	Man of Vendetta	Yes	Yes
2012	The Spies	Yes	Yes
2015	Inside Men	Yes	Yes[a]
2018	The Drug King	Yes	Yes[b]
2020	The Man Standing Next	Yes	Yes[b]
2024	Harbin	Yes	Yes[c]

Television

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
2016	52nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Film	Inside Men	Nominated
		Best Director – Film		Nominated
		Best Screenplay – Film		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	[4][unreliable source?]
		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

See also

• List of Korean-language films
• Cinema of South Korea
• Contemporary culture of South Korea

Notes

1. With Seol Woo-shin
2. With Lee Ji-min
3. With Kim Min-seong