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: 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.

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
2017
Movie
6.8
2016
Movie
0.0
2016
Movie
5.5
2013
Movie
6.2
2010
Movie
5.9
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
TBA
Movie
0.0
2018
Movie
6.6
2017
Movie
0.0
2016
Movie
5.5
2015
Movie
8.0
2015
Speed
Speed
Movie
6.6
2014
Movie
4.8
2012
Barbie
Barbie
Movie
7.4
2012
Movie
5.7
2012
Movie
6.0
2011
Movie
6.2
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2018
Movie
0.0
2016
Movie
6.1
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2021
Uncle
Uncle
Korean Drama, 2021, 16 eps
Joo Kyeong Il (Unknown)
16
Joo Kyeong Il
Unknown
8.1
2011
A Thousand Days' Promise
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
Homo phobia
Korean Movie, 2017,
Tae Rim (Support Role)
Tae Rim
Support Role
5.7
2016
One Summer Night
One Summer Night
Korean Movie, 2016,
[Human resource manager] (Support Role)
[Human resource manager]
Support Role
6.1
2016
I Am Trash
I Am Trash
Korean Movie, 2016,
Sang Woo (Support Role)
Sang Woo
Support Role
5.5
2015
Dear Dictator
Dear Dictator
Korean Movie, 2015,
[Priest] (Support Role)
[Priest]
Support Role
8.0
2015
Speed
Speed
Korean Movie, 2015,
[Rapist/Itaewon club kiss man] (Support Role)
[Rapist/Itaewon club kiss man]
Support Role
6.6
2014
Fire in Hell
Fire in Hell
Korean Movie, 2014,
[Zealot #1] (Support Role)
[Zealot #1]
Support Role
4.8
2014
MANSHIN: Ten Thousand Spirits
MANSHIN: Ten Thousand Spirits
Korean Movie, 2014,
[Neom Se's father] (Support Role)
[Neom Se's father]
Support Role
7.0
2012
Barbie
Barbie
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Lodger] (Guest Role)
[Lodger]
Guest Role
7.4
2012
Tropical Manila
Tropical Manila
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Yeong Hee's father] (Support Role)
[Yeong Hee's father]
Support Role
6.0
2011
Mother Is a Whore
Mother Is a Whore
Korean Movie, 2011,
Sang Woo (Support Role)
Sang Woo
Support Role
6.2
2010
All about My Father
All about My Father
Korean Movie, 2010,
Father (Main Role)
Father
Main Role
5.9
2009
Searching for the Elephant
Searching for the Elephant
Korean Movie, 2009,
(Unknown)
Unknown
6.5
2004
A Region of Shade
A Region of Shade
Korean Movie, 2004,
(Unknown)
Unknown
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2018
Special
6.8
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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: 55

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