Kang Woo-suk (; born November 10, 1960, in
Gyeongsan
Gyeongsan (; ) is a satellite city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Its western border abuts the metropolitan city of Daegu, and much of Gyeongsan lies within the Daegu metropolitan area.
Numerous universities are located in Gyeongsan, ...
) is a South Korean film
producer and
director
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Literature
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. He has often been called the most powerful man in Korean cinema, topping Cine21 magazine's list of '50 Most Powerful Men in Korean Cinema' for seven consecutive years from 1998 to 2004.
Career
Kang started as a director of successful comedy films before directing ''
Two Cops'' in 1993, a box office hit whose success at the time was only surpassed by ''
Sopyonje''. More recently, he has directed several Korean blockbusters, including the ''Public Enemy'' series (''
Public Enemy
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'', ''
Another Public Enemy'', and ''
Public Enemy Returns'') and ''
Silmido''.
After the success of ''Two Cops'' Kang founded his own film production and
distribution Distribution may refer to:
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company,
Cinema Service, which has since become the biggest homegrown studio in the Korean film industry and along with
CJ Entertainment
CJ ENM Films & Television, formerly CJ Entertainment, () is a South Korean entertainment, film production, and distribution company under CJ ENM Entertainment Division. The company operates as a film production company, film publishing house, in ...
, one of the two largest film distributors in South Korea. In 2005 Kang stepped down from the position of president of
Cinema Service, claiming he intends to concentrate more on his personal film projects.
Filmography
Film
Accolades
Awards and nominations
Listicle
See also
*
List of Korean film directors
*
Cinema of Korea
The cinema of Korea encompasses the film industries of North Korea and South Korea, as well as the historical film industries of Korea as the kingdom of Joseon and under Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation. While both countries have re ...
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1960 births
South Korean film directors
Living people
Woo-suk
Best Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners
Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (Film) winners