Kim Woo-hyung

Kim Woo-hyung

Cinematographer. Born 1 October 1969 in Gwangju, South Korea.

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1 October 1969, Gwangju, South Korea

Biography

Kim Woo-hyung is a South Korean cinematographer. He studied cinematography at the London Film School.

His credits include A Good Lawyer’s Wife (2003), The Front Line (2011), Assassination (2015), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and No Other Choice (2025). He served as director of photography on the BBC miniseries The Little Drummer Girl (2018), for which he won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for Photography and Lighting: Fiction. He has collaborated several times with director Park Chan-wook.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Kim Woo-hyung is known for The Warrior's Way (2010), Assassination (2015), The Little Drummer Girl (2018), No Mercy (2010), The King of Kings (2025), The Front Line (2011), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and The King (2017).