Kang Woo-Suk

 

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Kang Woo-suk is a South Korean film producer and director. 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. 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 and Silmido. Kang's films are not usually known for their artistic merits, they have consistently been among the most watched films in the country. After the success of Two Cops Kang founded his own film production and distribution company, Cinema Service, which has since become the biggest homegrown studio in the Korean film industry and along with CJ Entertainment, one of the two largest film distributors in South Korea

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Kang Woo-Suk

Born 1960-11-10 (65 years ago) in Gyeongju.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
PaekSang Arts Award Grand Prize in Film (Public Enemy Returns) 2009 PaekSang Arts Awards 2009 강철중: 공공의 적 1-1
PaekSang Arts Award Grand Prize in Film (Silmido) 2004 PaekSang Arts Awards 2004 Silmido
PaekSang Arts Award for Best Film Director (Two Cops) 1994 PaekSang Arts Awards 1994 투캅스
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
PaekSang Arts Award for Best Film Director (Two Cops) 1994 PaekSang Arts Awards 1994 투캅스
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Park Jeong-eun(Gifta: 1997-10-10–) 1997-10-10 Gifta

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Kang Woo-suk is a South Korean film producer and director. 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.

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 and Silmido. Kang's films are not usually known for their artistic merits, they have consistently been among the most watched films in the country.

After the success of Two Cops Kang founded his own film production and distribution company, Cinema Service, which has since become the biggest homegrown studio in the Korean film industry and along with CJ Entertainment, 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.

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