Director

Kim Dae-woo

Writing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1296327

IMDb ID: nm0453411

Known for: Writing

Born: January 1, 1962

Age: 64

Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2024

Years active: 32

Average TMDB rating: 6.12

Wikidata: Q16080176

Also known as

Daeu Kim • Dae-woo Kim • Kim Dae-woo • 김대우 • 金大佑

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Director (3)Writer (6)Screenplay (4)Adaptation (2)

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Biography

Kim Dae-woo 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.

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