Kim Byung-woo (; born 1980) is a South Korean screenwriter and film director. He is best known for directing the film The Terror Live (2013).
Personal life Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University.
On October 16, 2025, it was confirmed that Kim would marry actress and singer Hahm Eun-jung in November. The couple married on November 30, 2025.
Career Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films.
In 2001, he made his first five-minute short film Cry on digital video on a shoestring budget.
In 2003, he made his feature debut when he was still a theatre and film student at Hanyang University. The film Anamorphic has the main character searching for a way out after passing through gates and doors into a shadowy netherworld. He self-funded the project at the cost of US$4,000.
In 2007, his second feature Written, propelled his standing in Korean independent cinema to a new level. Written is a film within a film where the lead character is caught in a hellish predicament when his fate as a character in a script is being determined by others. The self-funded film was shot on high-definition video and cost only US$15,000 to make.
Filmography Year Title Original title Credited as NotesDirectorWriterProducer 2001 Cry - - - - Short film 2003 Anamorphic 아나모픽 Also editor 2008 Written 리튼 Also editor 2013 The Terror Live더 테러 라이브 2018 Take PointPMC: 더 벙커 2025 Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy 전지적 독자 시점 The Great Flood 대홍수
Awards 2013 14th Busan Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live) 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live) 2013 22nd Buil Film Awards: Best Screenplay (The Terror Live) 2013 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Director (The Terror Live)
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