Um Tae-hwa

Um Tae-hwa
Um Tae-hwa
Born	1980 (age 42–43); Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)	Film director, ; screenwriter
Spouse	Unknown (m. 2023)
Korean name
Hangul	엄태화
Revised Romanization	Eom Tae-hwa
McCune–Reischauer	Ŏm T'ae-hwa

Um Tae-hwa (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Um's directorial feature debut Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls (2013)—a graduation project for the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)—was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best New Director at the 1st Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Director (Film) at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2014.[1][2][3][4][5]

Personal life

His younger brother Uhm Tae-goo, is a South Korean actor known for his roles in many critically acclaimed films, such as Coin Locker Girl (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016) and for his main roles in popular Korean dramas, such as Save Me 2 (2019), Hometown (2021) and Dr. Brain (2021).

Um married a non-celebrity girlfriend on April 29, 2023 in Gangnam, Seoul. Um's wife is known to have worked as an interior designer and the head of a design studio.[6]

Filmography

The Story About Sun-hee (2002) – director
Cactus (short film, 2003) – director, screenwriter, producer, editor, storyboard
Three... Extremes (2004) – directing department
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) – assistant director
The Faces (2006) – actor
Epitaph (2007) – assistant director
Night Fishing (2011) – assistant director, storyboard
Nice Shorts! 2011 (segment: "Home Sweet Home") (2011) – director, screenwriter
Forest (short film, 2012) – director
Heart Vibrator (short film, 2012) – director, screenwriter,
Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls (2013) – director, screenwriter, editor
Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits (2014) – storyboard, scripter
Tinker Ticker (2014) – actor
The Wicked (2014) – storyboard
Socialphobia (2015) – Cinematography department
Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2016) – director
Concrete Utopia (TBA) – director

References

"UM Tae-hwa". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
"KAFA student UM Tae-hwa takes Mise-en-scène's Grand Prize". Korean Film Biz Zone. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
Esteban Cayer, Ariel. "Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls". Fantasia International Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
Kwon, Eugene (6 December 2013). "Review: Keeping Up the Bad Fight – Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls". Modern Korean Cinema. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
Lee, Claire (31 March 2014). "Wildflower Film Awards Korea to dole out first gongs". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
Ha Su-jeong (May 2, 2023). "[단독] '엄태구 형' 엄태화 감독, 미모의 디자이너 결혼..이병헌·박서준 하객" [Exclusive] Director Uhm Tae-hwa of 'Uhm Tae-goo's brother, married a beautiful designer...Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-jun as guests] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved May 2, 2023 – via Naver.

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[1] "UM Tae-hwa". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[2] "KAFA student UM Tae-hwa takes Mise-en-scène's Grand Prize". Korean Film Biz Zone. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[3] Esteban Cayer, Ariel. "Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls". Fantasia International Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[4] Kwon, Eugene (6 December 2013). "Review: Keeping Up the Bad Fight – Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls". Modern Korean Cinema. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[5] Lee, Claire (31 March 2014). "Wildflower Film Awards Korea to dole out first gongs". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[6] Ha Su-jeong (May 2, 2023). "[단독] '엄태구 형' 엄태화 감독, 미모의 디자이너 결혼..이병헌·박서준 하객" [Exclusive] Director Uhm Tae-hwa of 'Uhm Tae-goo's brother, married a beautiful designer...Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-jun as guests] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved May 2, 2023 – via Naver.