Myoungwoo Lee movie list

Lee Myoung Woo is South Korea's most sought-after showrunner-writer-producer best known for his works on Punch, The Fiery Priest, and Backstreet Rookie. With over two decades of experience, Lee produces award-winning stories that prove successful with audiences time and time again. With a track record of commercially and critically acclaimed productions, Lee boasts a vast network of A-list talent and is considered one of the few 'star directors' in Korean entertainment today. In 2019, Lee directed the SBS TV series The Fiery Priest, which marked the highest record of viewership ratings out of all publicly broadcast Korean dramas that year. The series also won numerous awards including the Grand Prize at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards and the Excellent Korean Drama Award at the 2019 Seoul Drama Awards. Lee's upcoming TV series, One Ordinary Day, based on the highly acclaimed BBC Studios' crime series Criminal Justice, is set to be released in November 2021. This is the first Korean drama produced by Coupang Play, the SVOD service by Coupang (Korea's Amazon equivalent). The show stars A-list actors Cha Seung-won and Kim Soo-hyun. Lee's production banner launched in January 2021, The Studio M, will be co-producing the series. Lee graduated from Syracuse University and speaks fluent English.

One Ordinary Day

9South Korea2021MysteryScience fiction

A remake of the BBC drama "Criminal Justice" that delves into the criminal justice system through the story of two men surrounding a woman's murder.

Backstreet Rookie

8.5South Korea2020ActionComedyRomance

It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

The Fiery Priest

7.8South Korea2020ActionComedyCrime

People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.