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: 55

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.

(Source: aladin.co.kr) Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2017	Call Me Sis	Movie	7.0
2016	Pervert Boy	Movie	0.0
2016	I Am Trash	Movie	5.5
2013	Novel Meets Movie	Movie	6.2
2010	All about My Father	Movie	5.9

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	Father Is a Dog	Movie	5.8
2012	Tropical Manila	Movie	6.0
2011	Mother Is a Whore	Movie	6.2

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2018	Her Family Has No Problem	Movie	0.0
2016	One Summer Night	Movie	6.1

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

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	5.5
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	6.2
2010	All about My Father Korean Movie, 2010, Father (Main Role)	Father Main Role	5.9
2009	Searching for the Elephant Korean Movie, 2009, (Unknown)	Unknown	6.5
2004	A Region of Shade Korean Movie, 2004, (Unknown)	Unknown	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2018	Folklore: Mongdal	Special	6.8

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