Sang Woo Lee

Lee Sang Woo

  • Name: Lee Sang Woo
  • Native name: 이상우
  • Also Known as: Lee Sang U
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 24, 1971
  • Age: 54
Lee Sang Woo is a South Korean director, screenwriter, and actor. His first feature-length screenplay "James and Marin" won an Encouragement Award at the 1994 Film Promotion Committee Screenplay Competition. After this success he moved to the United States where he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley's Film Studies program in 2002. He has submitted various works at the San Francisco Korean Film Festival and the American Student Film Festival, and he has made documentaries and experimental films.

After returning to Korea, he collaborated with South Korean director Kim Ki-duk's on "Breath" and then majored in film at Yonsei University's Graduate School of Communication.

After his first feature film "Tropical Manila" (2008) was shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival he began to attract attention abroad.

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
2017 Call Me Sis
Movie
6.8
2016 Pervert Boy
Movie
0.0
2016 I Am Trash
Movie
5.4
2013 Novel Meets Movie
Movie
6.2
2010 All about My Father
Movie
5.8
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
TBA Bully Basher
Movie
0.0
2018 Bittersweet Brew
Movie
6.6
2017 Dirty Romance
Movie
0.0
2016 Working Street
Movie
5.5
2015 Dear Dictator
Movie
8.0
2015 Speed
Movie
6.6
2014 Fire in Hell
Movie
4.8
2012 Barbie
Movie
7.4
2012 Tropical Manila
Movie
6.0
2012 Father Is a Dog
Movie
5.7
2011 Mother Is a Whore
Movie
6.3
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2018 Her Family Has No Problem
Movie
0.0
2016 One Summer Night
Movie
6.1
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2021 Uncle
Korean Drama, 2021, 16 eps
Joo Kyeong Il (Unknown)
16
Joo Kyeong Il
Unknown
8.1
2011 A Thousand Days' Promise
Korean Drama, 2011, 20 eps
Jang Jae Min (Support Role)
20
Jang Jae Min
Support Role
7.6
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2017 Homo phobia
Korean Movie, 2017,
Tae Rim (Support Role)
Tae Rim
Support Role
5.8
2016 One Summer Night
Korean Movie, 2016,
[Human resource manager] (Support Role)
[Human resource manager]
Support Role
6.1
2016 I Am Trash
Korean Movie, 2016,
Sang Woo (Support Role)
Sang Woo
Support Role
5.4
2015 Dear Dictator
Korean Movie, 2015,
[Priest] (Support Role)
[Priest]
Support Role
8.0
2015 Speed
Korean Movie, 2015,
[Rapist/Itaewon club kiss man] (Support Role)
[Rapist/Itaewon club kiss man]
Support Role
6.6
2014 Fire in Hell
Korean Movie, 2014,
[Zealot #1] (Support Role)
[Zealot #1]
Support Role
4.8
2014 MANSHIN: Ten Thousand Spirits
Korean Movie, 2014,
[Neom Se's father] (Support Role)
[Neom Se's father]
Support Role
7.0
2012 Barbie
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Lodger] (Guest Role)
[Lodger]
Guest Role
7.4
2012 Tropical Manila
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Yeong Hee's father] (Support Role)
[Yeong Hee's father]
Support Role
6.0
2011 Mother Is a Whore
Korean Movie, 2011,
Sang Woo (Support Role)
Sang Woo
Support Role
6.3
2010 All about My Father
Korean Movie, 2010,
Father (Main Role)
Father
Main Role
5.8
2009 Searching for the Elephant
Korean Movie, 2009,
(Unknown)
Unknown
6.5
2004 A Region of Shade
Korean Movie, 2004,
(Unknown)
Unknown
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2018 Folklore: Mongdal
Special
6.8
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Lee Sang Woo

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  • First Name: Sang Woo
  • Family Name: Lee
  • Native name: 이상우
  • Also Known as: Lee Sang U
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 24, 1971
  • Age: 54

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