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- LEE Sang-woo
- Director ,Screenwriter
- Lee Sang-woo received the Bronze prize from the KOFIC screenplay competition for his first feature script Jamie And Marine and graduated from UC Berkeley, majoring in film. His first feature Tropical Manila (2008) was invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and his second feature Mother Is A Whore (2009) gained attention at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. He followed that with its thematic sequel Father Is a Dog in 2010 before making the illegal adopti... expand
- Lee Sang-woo received the Bronze prize from the KOFIC screenplay competition for his first feature script Jamie And Marine and graduated from UC Berkeley, majoring in film. His first feature Tropical Manila (2008) was invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and his second feature Mother Is A Whore (2009) gained attention at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. He followed that with its thematic sequel Father Is a Dog in 2010 before making the illegal adoption drama Barbie in 2011, which was invited to many festivals. 2012 saw him reveal Fire in Hell at the Jeonju International Film Festival to which he would return to a year later to make Exit, a contribution to JIFF’s commissioned short omnibus Short! Short! Short! 2013. For the third year running, LEE attended Jeonju in 2014 with the North Korean drama Dear Dictator, which later screened at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. That same year he completed work on I Am Trash, capping off his thematic trilogy begun with Mother Is a Whore, which screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. 2015 yielded yet another invitation to Jeonju with the youth drama <Speed>, his most expensive film to date, while he also finished two smaller works, <Dirty Romance> and <Land of the Morning Calm>. He has consistently shed light on the dark side of Korean society. Director LEE received his fifth consecutive invitation to Jeonju with his next work <Bittersweet Brew>. It was around this time that he began to produce the works of his former assistant directors in addition to his own. close
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- Filmography
- Santa Is Coming 2019 Director ( Director )
- Folklore: Mongdal 2018 Director ( Director )
- The Cemetery of Sisters 2018 Staff ( Producer )
- Tropical Night 2018 Staff ( Executive Producer,Costume,Producer )
- Bittersweet Brew 2018 Director ( Director )
- Bittersweet Brew 2018 Staff ( Screenwriter,Producer )
- Dirty Romance 2017 Director ( Director )
- Dirty Romance 2017 Staff ( Screenwriter,Editor,Foley artist,Production Design )
- I am Trash 2016 Director ( Director )
- I am Trash 2016 Actor
- I am Trash 2016 Staff ( Screenwriter,Foley artist,Editor )
- Speed 2015 Director ( Director )
- Speed 2015 Actor
- Speed 2015 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Dear Dictator 2015 Director ( Director )
- Dear Dictator 2015 Actor
- Dear Dictator 2015 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- All About My Father 2015 Director ( Director )
- All About My Father 2015 Actor
- All About My Father 2015 Staff ( Editor,Executive Producer )
- Fire in Hell 2014 Director ( Director )
- Fire in Hell 2014 Actor
- Fire in Hell 2014 Staff ( Editor,Executive Producer,Screenwriter )
- Shorts Meet Shorts 2013 Director ( Director )
- Shorts Meet Shorts 2013 Actor
- Shorts Meet Shorts 2013 Staff ( Script Editor )
- Exit 2013 Director ( Director )
- Father Is a Dog 2012 Director ( Director )
- Father Is a Dog 2012 Staff ( Editor,Screenwriter )
- Barbie 2012 Director ( Director )
- Barbie 2012 Actor
- Barbie 2012 Staff ( Screenwriter,Trailer,Editor )
- Tropical Manila 2012 Director ( Director )
- Tropical Manila 2012 Actor
- Tropical Manila 2012 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Original Story,Editor )
- Mother Is a Whore 2011 Director ( Director )
- Mother Is a Whore 2011 Actor
- Mother Is a Whore 2011 Staff ( Screenwriter,Editor )

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- Awards and Invitation
- <Santa Is Coming> Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival : SESIFF (2020) - Competition
- <Santa Is Coming> Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival : SESIFF (2020) - Non-Competition
- <Walking Street> Sinag Maynila Independent Film Festival (2017)
- <Bittersweet Brew> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2016) - Korea Cinemascape
- <Walking Street> Singapore International Film Festival (2016) - Asian Vision
- <Bittersweet Brew> Catholic Film Festival (2016)
- <Dirty Romance> Fantastic Fest (2015) - Feature Films
- <Speed> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2015) - Korea Cinemascape
- <Speed> SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2015) - Noves Visions Plus
- <Speed> Fantastic Fest (2015) - Feature Films
- <Dear Dictator > Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2014) - KOREA CINEMASCAPE
- <Exit> Black Movie Festival (2014) - Film Novel
- <I am Trash> Fantastic Fest (2014) - Fantastic Features
- <Dear Dictator > SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2014) - Noves Visions - No Ficció
- <Exit> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2013) - Short! Short! Short! 2013
- <Barbie> Gijon International Film Festival (2012)
- <Fire in Hell> Moscow International Film Festival (2012)
- <Fire in Hell> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2012) - Special Invitation - Features
- <Barbie> Giffoni Film Festival (2012) - Best Film(Gryphon Award)
- <Father Is a Dog> Black Movie Festival (2011) - Korea, assault and battery
- <Tropical Manila> Osaka Asian Film Festival (2011) - Asian meeting
- <Barbie> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2011) - Korean Cinema Today-Vision
- <Father Is a Dog> Black Movie Festival (2011) - Korea, assault and battery
- <Father Is a Dog> Osaka Asian Film Festival (2011) - ASIAN MEETING OSAKA 2011
- <Mother Is a Whore> Stockholm International Film Festival (2010) - Asian Images
- <Mother Is a Whore> Lyon Asian Film Festival (2010) - Competition
- <Mother Is a Whore> Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star (2010) - World Cinema
- <Mother Is a Whore> Asian Hot Shots Berlin (2010) - Competition Asia
- <Mother Is a Whore> Indie - World Film Festival (2010) - World Cinema
- <Father Is a Dog> Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival (2010) - Competition
- <All About My Father> Stockholm International Film Festival (2010) - Asian Images
- <All About My Father> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2010) - Forbidden Zone
- <Mother Is a Whore> University Film Festival of Korea : UNIFF (2010)
- <Father Is a Dog> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2010) - A window on asian cinema
- <Mother Is a Whore> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2010) - Asian Digital Competiton
- <Tropical Manila> Asian Hot Shots Berlin (2009) - Competition - Green Chillies Award
- <Mother Is a Whore> Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival (2009)
- <Tropical Manila> Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival : CinDi (2008) - Competition
- <Tropical Manila> Cinemanila International Film Festival (2008)
- <Tropical Manila> Pia Film Festival (2003)