Yi Sang-woo | |
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| 이상우 | |
| Born | 10 October 1951 |
| Other names | Lee Sang-woo |
| Alma mater | Department of Aesthetics from Seoul National University |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이상우 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Sang-u |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sang-u |
Yi Sang-woo (born 1951), is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Yi earned his degree in the Department of Aesthetics at Seoul National University. In 1977, he played a significant role in the establishment of the Yeonwoo Stage theater company and, in 1995, he founded the Chaimu Theater Company. Currently,[when?] he is the artistic director of Chaimu and holds a professorship at the Theater Department of Korea National University of Arts, where he was previously the director.[1][unreliable source?]
Since 1978, Yi has directed a wide range of plays, including The Sculptor and the Detective, Unification Express, The Tale of a Thief, Pig Hunt, No Words, The Tale of Tail Cotton, Mae of Cape Jangsan, Chilsu and Mansu and Balsam Flower Water. He also worked on adaptations such as Changes, Korea Fantasy and There, as well as directed translations of plays like The Pitmen Painters, Almost, Maine, Love, Love, Love and The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union. In addition to his theater work, he has written screenplays and directed films, including A Little Pond.