Kim Dae-woo | |
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Born | 1962 (age 54–55) South Korea |
Occupation |
Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1993-present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김대우 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Dae-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tae-u |
Kim Dae-woo (born 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim started his filmmaking career by winning the 1991 Korean Film Council Screenplay Contest. He was an accomplished screenwriter with a number of hit scripts, including The Girl for Love and The One for Marriage (1993), An Affair (1998), Rainbow Trout (1999), and Untold Scandal (2003). Making a switch to directing, he debuted with the hit period drama film Forbidden Quest (2006), followed by The Servant (2010) and Obsessed (2014). Forbidden Quest won the Best New Director at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards, and Best New Director and Best Screenplay at the 26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards in 2006.