Directing
Bang Woo-ri
Place of birth
South Korea
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Bang Woo-ri (방우리) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter born on June 24, 1983. A graduate of Chung-Ang University, Bang gained critical recognition after winning the Best Short Film Screenplay award at the 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her short "Mrs. Young" (2014). She made her feature film directorial debut with the hit Netflix nineties-set coming-of-age romantic drama "20th Century Girl" (2022), which was inspired by her personal youth and high school diary entries.
Known for
8.2In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
20th Century Girl
2022
NRAerim comes to her senses on asphalt and finds a man bleeding to death.
Asphalt
2016
NRBrothers living like strangers for over 30 years, Man-su and Byung-su raise cattle separately but get caught up in an unexpected crisis together.
Cattle Run
2026
NRHye-sook plans to visit her son in the army, when she receives a call from him asking her to bring his girlfriend along.
It's a visiting day
2016
NRYoung-hee in her old age meets a young man who looks just like her first love.
Mrs. Young
2015
Film credits
Behind the camera
8.2In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
20th Century Girl
2022
8.2In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
20th Century Girl
2022
NRAerim comes to her senses on asphalt and finds a man bleeding to death.
Asphalt
2016
NRBrothers living like strangers for over 30 years, Man-su and Byung-su raise cattle separately but get caught up in an unexpected crisis together.
Cattle Run
2026
NRHye-sook plans to visit her son in the army, when she receives a call from him asking her to bring his girlfriend along.
It's a visiting day
2016
NRHye-sook plans to visit her son in the army, when she receives a call from him asking her to bring his girlfriend along.
It's a visiting day
2016
NRYoung-hee in her old age meets a young man who looks just like her first love.
Mrs. Young
2015
NRYoung-hee in her old age meets a young man who looks just like her first love.
Mrs. Young
2015