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Kim Byung-woo
Kim Byung-woo
Born	1980 (age 43–44); Busan South Korea
Alma mater	Hanyang University
Occupations	Screenwriter; Film editor; Film director; Film producer;
Korean name
Hangul	김병우
Revised Romanization	Gim Byeong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Pyŏng-u

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

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

Released year	Title Original title	Served staff	Production	Present	Country of production	Box office(World, final)
2001 (A short film)	Cry	-	-	-	South Korea	-
2003	Anamorphic 아나모픽	screenplay edit direct produce	-	-	South Korea	-
2008	Written 리튼	screenplay edit direct produce	Sio Film	Nintendo Pictures	South Korea	$1,236
2013	The Terror Live 더 테러 라이브	screenplay direct	Cine2000	Lotte Entertainment	South Korea	$35,659,824
2018	Take Point PMC: 더 벙커	screenplay direct	CJ Entertainment InfinityOne Comics Entertainment Perfect Storm Film	CJ Entertainment	South Korea	$12,908,032