Park Jung-woo

This article is about the film director and screenwriter. For actor, see Park Jung-woo (actor, born 1996). For the boy band member, see Treasure (band).

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Jung-woo
Born	1969 (age 54–55) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul	박정우
Revised Romanization	Bak Jeong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chŏng-u

Park Jung-woo (born 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Park is a screenwriter turned director, and probably ranks as South Korea's most well-known screenwriter for his famous stories such as Attack the Gas Station (1999), Last Present (2001), Kick the Moon (2001), Break Out (2002) and Jail Breakers (2002). In 2004, he debuted with his directorial feature Dance with the Wind (2004). His third feature Deranged (2012) is a refreshing and unique take on the disaster genre, was a hit with more than 4.5 million admissions.

Filmography

As director

• Dance with the Wind (2004)
• Big Bang (2007)
• Deranged (2012)
• Pandora (2016)

As assistant director

• Beyond the Mountain (1991)
• I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me (1994)
• To You from Me (1994)
• A Man Wagging His Tail (1995)
• Change (1997)
• Oasis (2002)

As screenwriter

• The Last Defense (1997)
• First Kiss (1998)
• Attack the Gas Station (1999)
• Promenade (2000)
• Last Present (2001)
• Kick the Moon (2001)
• Break Out (2002)
• Jail Breakers (2002)
• Dance with the Wind (2004)
• Big Bang (2007)
• Thirsty, Thirsty (2009)
• Descendants of Hong Gil-dong (2009)
• Deranged (2012)
• Pandora (2016)

As executive producer

• Dance with the Wind (2004) (also as investor)

As script editor

• I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me (1994)
• Never to Lose (2005)

Awards

• 2002 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Screenplay (Jail Breakers)
• 2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Screenplay (Break Out)

External links

• Park Jung-woo at the Korean Movie Database
• Park Jung-woo at IMDb 
• Park Jung-woo at HanCinema