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{{short description|South Korean filmmaker (born 1973)}}
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| birth_place     = [[Onyang-dong|Onyang]], [[South Chungcheong Province]], South Korea
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| occupation      = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[screenwriter]]|[[film producer]]|[[actor]]}}
| years_active    = 1996–present
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| children        = 3
| family          = [[Ryoo Seung-bum]] (brother)
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'''Ryoo Seung-wan''' ({{Korean|hangul=류승완}}; born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean filmmaker. He made his debut in 1996 with the short film ''Dangerous Head'', then worked as a director under director [[Park Chan-wook]], took film lessons, and made his feature film debut with ''[[Die Bad]]'' (2000). He received the [[Blue Dragon Film Awards]] for Best New Director, drawing attention from the film industry. Ryoo Seung-wan is called Korea's "action kid" for his unique action and rough life style. 

He has directed films such as ''[[Crying Fist]]'' (2005), ''[[The Unjust]]'' (2010), ''[[The Berlin File]]'' (2013), ''[[Veteran (2015 film)|Veteran]]'' (2015), ''[[Escape from Mogadishu]]'' (2021), and ''[[Smugglers (2023 film)|Smugglers]]'' (2023).

==Early life==
Ryoo Seung-wan was born in 1973 in [[Onyang-dong|Onyang]], a small town in [[South Chungcheong Province]]. With the choice of domestic films mostly limited to propaganda and hostess films due to [[Cinema of Korea#.22Revitalizing Government.22 era .281973-1979.29|extreme government censorship]], young Ryoo often opted for the more kinetic and free-spirited action films from the [[Shaw Brothers]] canon. Watching [[Jackie Chan]]'s ''[[Drunken Master]]'' turned him into a lifelong fan, and Ryoo spent his youth building his knowledge of and love for [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong-style action films]]. Dreaming of becoming a film director someday, he took [[taekwondo]] lessons and saved lunch money for three years during middle school to buy an [[8mm film|8mm]] camera, with which he shot short films.<ref name=dajjimawalee>{{cite web|title=K-FILM REVIEWS: 다찌마와 리 (Dajjimawa Lee)|url=http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2006/03/memories-of-midnight-ch-1-ryu-seung-wans-dajjimawa-lee.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205161811/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2006/03/memories-of-midnight-ch-1-ryu-seung-wans-dajjimawa-lee.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[Twitch Film]]|date=7 March 2006}}</ref><ref name=yesasia>{{cite web|title=Ryoo Seung Wan: Korea's Action Kid|url=https://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/ryoo-seung-wan-koreas-action-kid/0-0-0-arid.90-en/featured-article.html|access-date=2012-11-18|website=[[YesAsia]]|date=October 5, 2006|archive-date=2012-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014180432/http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/ryoo-seung-wan-koreas-action-kid/0-0-0-arid.90-en/featured-article.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early years===
Ryoo became his family's sole breadwinner after he lost his parents while in middle school.<ref name=anatomy /> He later dropped out of high school in 1992 and worked for six months to raise enough money to cover a year's worth of basic living expenses for his family. After that he joined a private film workshop, and paid his tuition through several part-time jobs: as a construction worker, hotel janitor, vegetable cart driver, and even an instructor at an illegal driving school. Ryoo, a fan of a young unknown director named [[Park Chan-wook]]'s 1992 debut ''[[The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream]]'' and his work as a critic, went to meet Park and the two quickly became friends. Those formative years also saw Ryoo's debut as a 'real' director, with the 1996 short ''Transmutated Head''. The 19-minute short's [[director of photography|DP]] was [[Jang Joon-hwan]] (then a young film academy student), and it featured many familiar faces in the Korean indie scene, including character actor Heo Jong-soo and Lee Mu-young (future director of ''The Humanist'').<ref name=dajjimawalee />

With a few years of experience as assistant director on ''[[Whispering Corridors]]'' and Park's 1997 film ''Trio'', Ryoo was ready to jumpstart his own career. Ryoo's debut was initially planned as a full-fledged feature film, but various issues forced him to instead shoot separate short films sharing common characters and themes. In 1998 his short film ''Rumble'' won him the Best Film at the 1998 Busan Short Film Festival, and a year later he signed a contract to develop a feature film out of ''Rumble'' and three following sequels, one of which was his short ''Modern Man'', which was not only the audience's favorite, but also won Best Film at a Short Film Festival in 1999.

From 1996 to 1999, Ryoo shot four low-budget [[short film]]s starring himself, his younger brother Seung-bum, and several friends. In strikingly diverse styles but with a common narrative, these shorts were re-edited, combined and released in 2000 as Ryoo Seung-wan's feature directorial debut ''[[Die Bad]]''. The four shorts, shot on an ultra-low budget of around {{SK won|65 million}}, became Ryoo's first feature film: ''[[Die Bad]]''.<ref name="dajjimawalee" /> In an era when blockbusters like ''[[Shiri (film)|Shiri]]'' and ''[[Joint Security Area (film)|Joint Security Area]]'' were the rage in Korean cinema, the action dramedy became an instant sensation. Starring in the film himself along with some industry friends and even his little brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum]], Ryoo became an instant [[cult hit]], praised left and right for his masterful debut.<ref name="yesasia" /> Critically acclaimed as powerfully visceral, gut-wrenching, and searingly angry, the film became an instant [[cult hit]], earning attention for the Ryoo brothers.<ref name="yesasia2">{{cite web |date=5 October 2006 |title=Ryoo Seung Wan: Korea's Action Kid |url=http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/ryoo-seung-wan-koreas-action-kid/0-0-0-arid.90-en/featured-article.html |access-date=2013-03-23 |work=[[YesAsia]] |archive-date=2012-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014180432/http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/ryoo-seung-wan-koreas-action-kid/0-0-0-arid.90-en/featured-article.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One review described Ryoo Seung-bum's acting debut as "a startling, naturalistic turn,"<ref>{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Kyu Hyun |title=Die Bad |url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm00.html#diebad |access-date=2013-03-23 |work=Koreanfilm.org |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020071552/http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm00.html#diebad |url-status=live }}</ref> and he won Best New Actor at the [[Grand Bell Awards]]. With his directorial debut, Ryoo became known as the "Action Kid."

With the country experiencing tremendous growth in high-speed Internet penetration, a few companies tried to bank on this momentum by producing online short films. In 2000 the now defunct Cine4M website released a short film by Ryoo alongside [[Jang Jin]]'s ''A Terrible Day'' and [[Kim Jee-woon]]'s ''[[Coming Out (2000 film)|Coming Out]]''.<ref name="dajjimawalee" /> Ryoo Seung-wan's follow-up ''Dachimawa Lee'', titled after industry slang ("tachimawari" is a part of [[Kabuki|Kabuki theater]] plays that involve spectacular action scenes), the short ''Dachimawa Lee'' was a wild and hilarious a 35-minute [[short film]] [[parody]]ing films he grew up with: Korean action films of the 60s and 70s, [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Shaw Brothers]] flicks, the [[machismo]] [[kitsch]] Korean melodramas, and of course [[Jackie Chan]]. Coupling over-the-top [[dubbing (filmmaking)|voice dubbing]] with deliberately mistimed action, ''Dachimawa Lee'' was an enormous success online, making lead actor [[Im Won-hee]] a minor star and the Ryoo Brothers even bigger names.<ref name="yesasia" /> Director Ryoo younger brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum|Seung-bum]] played Washington, a young thug with a heart of gold and a huge [[afro]]. The short, streamed on the now-defunct Cine4M website, was enormously popular online.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2006 |title=K-FILM REVIEWS: 다찌마와 리 (Dajjimawa Lee) |url=http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2006/03/memories-of-midnight-ch-1-ryu-seung-wans-dajjimawa-lee.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205161811/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2006/03/memories-of-midnight-ch-1-ryu-seung-wans-dajjimawa-lee.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=2013-03-23 |work=[[Twitch Film]] }}</ref>

Big expectations often lead to equally big disappointments, which is what industry insiders and critics felt about Ryoo's first real feature film, the gritty action [[film noir|noir]] ''[[No Blood No Tears]]''. The film mixed big stars like [[Jeon Do-yeon]] with talented actors from the theater world like [[Jung Jae-young]]. Joining Director Ryoo once again was his younger brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum|Seung-bum]], who was starting to make a name for himself in the industry independent of his brother. Misunderstood as a [[Guy Ritchie]] or [[Quentin Tarantino]] clone, Ryoo's film was an exhilarating mix of all the elements that made ''[[Die Bad]]'' one of the best debuts films in [[Chungmuro]]'s recent history, but it also added a nasty streak of ultra-realism. The latter was contributed by [[Jung Doo-hong]], occasionally an actor, but better known as the best action choreographer in the country, whose extreme realism balanced Ryoo's more fantasy-oriented cinematic sensibilities. With ''[[No Blood No Tears]]'' a flop at the box office, it was a difficult period for Ryoo, who clearly felt betrayed by the same people who had put impossible expectations on his shoulders.<ref name=yesasia />

After that disappointment, Ryoo collaborated again with [[Jung Doo-hong]] and brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum|Seung-bum]], along with newcomer [[Yoon So-yi]]. The four embarked on ''[[Arahan]]'', part modern-day [[wuxia]] and part local comedy. Despite its commercial success, critics still weren't pleased, continuing to lament the loss of [[Chungmuro]]'s enfant prodige.<ref name=yesasia />

It took another two years for Ryoo to come back, but 2005's ''[[Crying Fist]]'' was in many ways proof he had matured beyond easy labels and traditional genre boundaries. Ryoo was more than just an action kid. Starring acclaimed veteran actor [[Choi Min-sik]], the film saw the official birth of a new star, [[Ryoo Seung-bum]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rowland|first=Sarah|title=Ring leader|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/063005/cover_film.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[Montreal Mirror]]|date=30 June 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630173757/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/063005/cover_film.html|archive-date=30 June 2012}}</ref> Steadily impressing critics and audiences since his debut in 2000, Ryoo displayed amazing energy and range in the film, such that he often overshadowed his older, more prestigious colleague. But the real star of ''[[Crying Fist]]'' was none other than Ryoo Seung-wan. Finally stripping himself from genre tropes, he was able to draw an incredible emotional portrayal of two people winning the most important boxing game of their life: the match against their own inner demons. More a story of survival than a simple sports drama, ''[[Crying Fist]]'' opened on April 1, 2005, against Ryoo's old friend [[Kim Jee-woon]]'s ''[[A Bittersweet Life]]'', offering one of the best double-headers of 2005. The two films garnered excellent reviews, but ended up canceling each other at the box office, selling a little over a million tickets a piece.<ref name=yesasia />
<ref>{{cite web|last=Noh|first=James|title=''Crying Fist'' to Premiere in April: Two Ordinary Men on the Brink Fight for Their Lives|url=http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1499|work=The Seoul Times|access-date=2013-03-23|date=19 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Tae-jong|title='Crying Fist' Depicts Fight for Hope|url=http://www.hancinema.net/-crying-fist-depicts-fight-for-hope--2420.html|work=[[The Korea Times]] via [[Hancinema]]|access-date=2013-03-23|date=17 March 2005|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223452/http://www.hancinema.net/-crying-fist-depicts-fight-for-hope--2420.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=K-FILM REVIEWS: 주먹이 운다 (Crying Fist)|url=http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2005/08/crying-fist-dvd-review.php|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[Twitch Film]]|date=22 August 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209235553/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2005/08/crying-fist-dvd-review.php|archive-date=9 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Kyu Hyun|title=Crying Fist|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=272780&rel_no=1|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[OhmyNews International]]|date=7 February 2006|archive-date=2015-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713151903/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=272780&rel_no=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=December 2024}}

In 2005, Ryoo established [[Filmmaker R&K]] with his wife Kang Hye-jeong.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |script-title=ko:류승완 감독의 오늘을 있게 한 이 영화, 기억하시나요 |url=https://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002980911 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=[[OhmyStar]] |language=ko |archive-date=2024-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214023155/https://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002980911 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=December 2024}}

After the success of 2003's ''[[If You Were Me]]'', [[National Human Rights Commission of Korea|South Korea's National Commission on Human Rights]] commissioned a second omnibus film in 2006, ''If You Were Me 2''. Five directors — Park Kyung-hee, [[Jang Jin]], [[Jung Ji-woo]], [[Kim Dong-won (filmmaker, born 1955)|Kim Dong-won]] and Ryoo — contributed [[short film]]s on a human rights issue of their choosing. Ryoo's short ''Hey Man!'' is almost one complete take of a man (Kim Su-yeon) with multiple prejudices that lead him to cast off every one of his "friends" and fellow patrons who are sharing the communal space of a late night restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title=If You Were Me 2|url=http://www.indiestory.com/eng/film/film_view.asp?film_idx=678|work=IndieStory|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-date=2016-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201090415/http://www.indiestory.com/eng/film/film_view.asp?film_idx=678|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hartzell|first=Adam|title=If You Were Me 2|url=http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#ifyouweretwo|work=Koreanfilm.org|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-date=2011-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235604/http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#ifyouweretwo|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006 Seoul Art Cinema organized a special program "Anatomy of Violence: Ryoo Seung-wan's Action School" wherein Ryoo selected 10 films to screen and discuss with participants, including five of his own works. The program aimed to better understand the art of action filmmaking.<ref name=anatomy>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Soo-mee|title=Film director teaches art of action genre|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2006/04/27/features/Film-director-teaches-art-of-action-genre/2716424.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127041112/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2716424|url-status=live|archive-date=January 27, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=27 April 2006}}</ref>

Waiting to secure funding for his first zombie film ''Yacha'', Ryoo decided to take his friend [[Jung Doo-hong]] for another challenge, making one last salute to the pure action flicks he grew up with and gave him his nickname. The two had some acting experience, Jung mostly in Ryoo's films and Ryoo with ''[[Die Bad]]'', a supporting role in [[Lee Chang-dong]]'s ''[[Oasis (2002 film)|Oasis]]'', and a couple of cameos in [[Park Chan-wook]] films. But this was another story: for the first time, Jung and Ryoo would be the stars. Produced under [[CJ Entertainment]], ''[[The City of Violence]]'' is a low-budget [[High-definition video#HD in filmmaking|HD]] action film meant to show the potential of the new technology. As Ryoo described it, ''[[The City of Violence]]'' is like a [[Jackie Chan]]-style pure action film with characters from a [[Chang Cheh]] film in a world similar to that of [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]''. The film brings to a final duel the two conflicting philosophies of the longtime partners (the Korean title of the film, ''Jjakpae'', means partner). Fantasy and realism, outlandish technique and brutally raw streetfight-style action, combine to form pure cinematic flow.<ref name=yesasia /><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Kyu Hyun|title=''City of Violence'': Lean and Mean|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=17&no=381661&rel_no=1|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[OhmyNews International]]|date=5 February 2008|archive-date=2016-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916011639/http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=17&no=381661&rel_no=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=December 2024}}

In 2009 Ryoo directed four mini-movies for the [[Korea Tourism Organization]] targeted at the Chinese market. Each movie tells a story that represents the beauty of Korea's travel locations through four themes: ''[[Korean Wave|Hallyu]]'' (Korean movies and dramas), food, shopping and trendy places to visit like [[Hongdae area|Hongdae]] or [[Cheongdam-dong]]. The tourism commercials starred [[Gao Yuanyuan]] and [[Li Guangjie]] as a Chinese couple, with cameos by [[Song Seung-heon]], [[Park Hae-jin]] and [[Park Eun-hye]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Joo-hee|title=Mini promo movies hit China|url=http://www.filmcontact.com/south-africa/mini-promo-movies-hit-china|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[The Korea Herald]] via FilmContact|date=16 September 2009|archive-date=2015-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105507/http://www.filmcontact.com/south-africa/mini-promo-movies-hit-china|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Seung-hun|title=Hallyu star Song to promote Korean tourism|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092216110915579|access-date=2012-11-18|website=Asiae|date=22 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gao Yuanyuan: Follow Me in South Korea|url=http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/08/05/1261s506686.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116023710/http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/08/05/1261s506686.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|work=CriEnglish|date=5 August 2009}}</ref>

Then to promote the release of [[Motorola]]'s new model MOTO Klassic, Ryoo wrote and directed a 22-minute [[short film]] starring American-born Japanese martial arts star [[Kane Kosugi]] and action choreographer [[Jung Doo-hong]]. Titled ''Timeless'' and set at Jung's stunt school, the [[mockumentary]]-style short eschews the use of [[Computer graphics|CGI]] in fight scenes and advances the return to old school action.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryu Seung-Wan's Timeless is Online!|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2009/11/ryu-seung-wan-jung-doo-hong-kane-kosugi.php|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[Twitch Film]]|date=4 November 2009|archive-date=2011-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227191703/http://twitchfilm.com/news/2009/11/ryu-seung-wan-jung-doo-hong-kane-kosugi.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Valentin|first=Albert|title=TIMELESS (2009)|url=http://martialconnection.blogspot.com/2010/07/timeless-2009.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=The Martial Connection|date=29 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228232041/http://martialconnection.blogspot.com/2010/07/timeless-2009.html|archive-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=December 2024}}

===2010–present===
His 2010 film ''[[The Unjust]]'', a tale about corruption among policemen and prosecutors, received rave reviews for its seamless storytelling interspersed with action sequences, social commentary and powerhouse performances from [[Hwang Jung-min]] and brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum|Seung-bum]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ji-hye|title=INTERVIEW: Director Ryoo Seung-wan - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010111718401214099|access-date=2012-11-18|website=Asiae|date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ji-hye|title=INTERVIEW: Director Ryoo Seung-wan - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010111810183641238|access-date=2012-11-18|website=Asiae|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> It was successful at the box office with more than 2.7 million tickets sold, landing it on that year's top ten box office list.

Ryoo's next movie ''[[The Berlin File]]'' was an espionage thriller about a North Korean spy who is betrayed and cut loose when a weapons deal is exposed. While preparing for the film, Ryoo met with several [[North Korean defectors]] and shot the documentary ''Spies'' for Korean broadcaster [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] as part of a special series that aired in 2011, intending "to make a realistic, fast-paced, Korean-style espionage action film about South Korean agents discovering North Korea's secret accounts and how political dynamics between the two Koreas get involved." Ryoo said he wanted the film to be reminiscent of ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'', and on an emotional level, to focus on the solitude and sorrow of those who live as secret agents.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ju|first=Sung-chul|title=Four leading Korean directors working on overseas projects|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=15|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Korea Cinema Today|date=9 November 2011|archive-date=2012-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425052053/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/feature.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=15|url-status=live}}</ref> It was shot almost 100% on location in Europe, namely in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], and [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]. The film attracted 7.17 million admissions in early 2013 to become the all-time highest-grossing Korean action film.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Berlin File'' Becomes Korea's Top Action Movie|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/05/2013030500782.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=2013-03-06|date=5 March 2013|archive-date=2013-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307122706/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/05/2013030500782.html|url-status=live}}</ref> But because of its big budget, it barely broke even commercially. Ryoo later said that the picture failed to fully connect with younger audiences which know little of the [[Cold War]] era, and that "after making such an expensive film, (his) take-away was that (he) needed to make a cheaper one."<ref name=sequel>{{cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=Busan: Ryoo Seung-wan Lines up Sequels to ''Veteran'' and ''The Berlin File''|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/ryoo-seung-wan-sequels-to-veteran-and-the-berlin-file-1201608131/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=2015-10-06|date=2 October 2015|archive-date=2015-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004074751/http://variety.com/2015/film/asia/ryoo-seung-wan-sequels-to-veteran-and-the-berlin-file-1201608131/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, Ryoo wrote and directed ''[[Veteran (2015 film)|Veteran]]'', an action film about an amoral and powerful third-generation [[chaebol|business tycoon]] doggedly pursued by a detective investigating the mysterious injuries of a truck driver.<blockquote>Ryoo said, "Because (the movie) is about the world I know and the story about people I know, it was comfortable for me. [...] But my feeling comfortable doesn't mean that the work is easy. It just means that I'm comfortable (working out the troubles). [...] I didn't want the movie to be based on personal revenge, and I want it to show how a person gets justice through the legal system."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Yeon-ji|title=Director has hope for film industry|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3007595|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|access-date=2015-10-06|date=7 August 2015|archive-date=2018-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022232542/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aId=3007595|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>Made with a modest budget of {{SK won|6 billion}}, ''Veteran'' became a huge blockbuster at the South Korean box office, attracting 13.3 million admissions and earning {{USD|89.7 million}}. It is the biggest hit of Ryoo's career and currently the [[List of highest-grossing films in South Korea|5th all-time highest-grossing film in Korean cinema history]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Veteran'' Keeps Setting New Records|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/10/05/2015100501818.html|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=6 October 2015|date=5 October 2015|archive-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421041023/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/10/05/2015100501818.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

His next project was ''[[The Battleship Island]]'', set on [[Hashima Island]], an outlying island abandoned by Japan off the coast of [[Nagasaki]], where countless Koreans were drafted into [[forced labor]] during [[World War II]]. The film follows a group of American [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] agents and [[Korean independence movement|Korean independence fighters]] on a mission to evacuate a key Korean figure from the island.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lim|first=Jeong-yeo|title=''Gunhamdo'', director Ryoo's next film, to begin shooting next summer|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150930001006|website=[[The Korea Herald]]|access-date=2015-10-06|date=30 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2021, Ryoo directed ''[[Escape from Mogadishu]]'', a film based on real events of the [[Somali Civil War]] in the 1990s. It depicted details of perilous escape attempt made by North and South Korean embassy personnel stranded during the conflict.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/416/0000272069 |title='모가디슈' 기대감 높은 이유…류승완의 연출력X덱스터의 기술력 |trans-title=Reasons for high expectations for 'Mogadishu'... Ryoo Seung-wan's directing ability X Dexter's technology |author=Kim Ji-hye |work=SBS Entertainment News |publisher=[[Naver]] |date=June 14, 2021 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027181449/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/416/0000272069 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film made with production cost of {{KRW}}24 billion was entirely shot in Morocco.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/076/0003742264 |author= Jo Ji-young |title= [SC초점] '발신제한'→'블랙 위도우'→'모가디슈'까지 여름 텐트폴 완성, 극장 떠난 관객 돌아올까 |trans-title= [SC Focus] Summer tent poles from 'Send Restriction' → 'Black Widow' → 'Mogadishu', will the audience return from the theater? |work= [[Sports Chosun]] |publisher= [[Naver]] |date= June 14, 2021 |access-date= July 25, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= October 27, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027181359/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/076/0003742264 |url-status= live }}</ref> It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-05|title='모가디슈' 아카데미 국제장편영화 韓영화 대표 선정 [공식]|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2021100513591158735|access-date=2021-12-28|website=스타뉴스|language=ko|archive-date=2022-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409011305/https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2021100513591158735|url-status=live |author1=스타뉴스 }}</ref>

==Filmmaking==
Ryoo Seung-wan is called Korea's 'action kid' for his unique action and rough life style.

Ryoo frequently collaborated with film editor [[Nam Na-yeong]]. She has edited films ''[[Arahan]]'', ''[[The City of Violence]]'', and ''[[Crying Fist]].''

Ryoo is known for frequently casting the same actors, with his little brother [[Ryoo Seung-bum]] Hwang Jeongmin, The excutioner of 베테랑Veteran 14.4 million box office in 2014  being one of his most frequent collaborators.

==Personal life==
Ryoo met [[Kang Hye-jung (filmmaker)|Kang Hye-jung]] in the Independent Film Council workshop. After graduating from college in February 1993, Kang Hye-jung learned filmmaking at the Independent Film Council workshop for three months starting in May of that year. Ryoo Seung-wan was working as a workshop assistant, and they started dating after collaborating on a movie project.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kang Min-jung |script-title=ko:최동훈·안수현, 류승완·강혜정..'암살'·'베테랑'이 터트린 부부의 잭팟 |trans-title=Choi Dong-hoon, Ahn Soo-hyun, Ryu Seung-wan, Kang Hye-jung..' The couple's jackpot exploded by the 'Assassination' and 'Veteran' |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=018&aid=0003326218 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=E-daily |via=[[Naver]] |language=ko}}</ref> In 1997, Ryoo Seung-wan married Kang Hye-jung after 4 years of dating. They have three children together. As of 2017, their eldest daughter is in the third grade of high school, while their two sons are in the second grade of middle school and the sixth grade of elementary school.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Si-kyun |date=2017-08-02 |script-title=ko:"영화로 자주 다퉈도 서로에게 버팀목 아이가 셋이라 각방 쓸 공간 없어요" |trans-title="Even if we often arressed about movies, there is no room for each room because there are three children who support each other." |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0003990279 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper|Maeil Business]] |via=[[Naver]] |language=ko}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Director and writer ===
'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Title
! colspan="3" |Credited as
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! English
! Korean
! width="65" |[[Film director|Director]]
! width="65" |[[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! width="65" |[[Film producer|Producer]]
|- 
! scope="row" | 1997
| ''Trio''
| 3인조
| {{partial|[[Assistant director]]}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|- 
! scope="row" | 1998
| ''[[Whispering Corridors]]''
| 여고괴담
| {{partial|[[Assistant director]]}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|- 
! scope="row" | 1999
| ''Dr. K''
| 닥터 K
| {{partial|[[Assistant director]]}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|- 
! scope="row" | 2000
| ''[[Die Bad]]''
| 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Die Bad (Jukkeona Hogeun Nappeugeona) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/05234/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2002
| ''[[No Blood No Tears]]''
| 피도 눈물도 없이
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - No Blood No Tears (Pi-do Noon-mul-do Up-shi) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/05551/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[Arahan]]''
| 아라한 장풍대작전
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Arahan (Arahan Jangpung Dae-jakjeon) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/06174/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Crying Fist]]''
| 주먹이 운다
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Crying Fist (Jumeog-i Unda) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/06537/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129232344/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/06537/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |2006
| ''[[The City of Violence]]''
| 짝패
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - The City of Violence (Jjak-pae) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/07216/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''[[Dachimawa Lee]]''
| 다찌마와 리: 악인이여 지옥행 급행열차를 타라!
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Dachimawa Lee (Dajjimawa Ri : Aginiyeo Jiokhaeng Geuphaengyeolchareul Tara) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/09785/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129232346/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/09785/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2010 
| ''{{Ill|Troubleshooter (2010 film)|lt=Troubleshooter|ko|해결사 (2010년 영화)}}''
| 해결사
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Troubleshooter (Haegyeolsa) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/12485/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
| ''[[The Unjust]]''
|부당거래
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - The Unjust (Budanggeorae) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/12528/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| ''[[The Berlin File]]''
| 베를린
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - The Berlin File (Be-reul-rin) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/13367/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''[[Veteran (2015 film)|Veteran]]''
|베테랑
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Veteran |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/14173/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129232330/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/14173/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2017
| ''[[The Battleship Island]]''
| 군함도
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - The Battleship Island (Gun-ham-do) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/16123/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129232814/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/16123/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2021
| ''[[Escape from Mogadishu]]''
| 모가디슈
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Escape from Mogadishu (Mo-ga-di-shu) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/23889/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| ''[[Smugglers (2023 film)|Smugglers]]''
| 밀수
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Smugglers (Milsu) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/28660/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
| ''[[I, the Executioner (2024 film)|I, the Executioner]]''
| 베테랑2
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=The films of the Official Selection 2024 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2024/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411105901/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year
! colspan="2" |Title
! colspan="4" |Credited as
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! English
! Korean
! width="65" class="unsortable" |[[Film director|Director]]
! width="65" class="unsortable" |[[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! width="65" class="unsortable" |[[Film producer|Producer]]
! width="65" class="unsortable" |[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]] 
|-
! scope="row" |1996
| ''Transmutated Head''
| 변질헤드
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Transmutated Head (Byeonjil hedeu) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/11044/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144607/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/11044/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" |1999
|''Rumble''
|패싸움
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Rumble (Paessaum) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/22244/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110234915/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/22244/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''Our Contemporaries''
|현대인
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Our Contemporaries (Hyeondaein) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/11079/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144705/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/11079/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |2000
| ''Dachimawa Lee''
| 다찌마와 LEE
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Dachimawa Lee |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/08054/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |2006
| ''Hey Man''<br><small>[[short film]] from ''If You Were Me 2''</small>
| 남자니까 아시잖아요?
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Hey Man (Namja-nikka Ah-shi-janayo) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/06976/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''Come to Korea''<br>[[Korea Tourism Organization|KTO]] mini-movie<br><small>tourism commercials</small>
| 한국 놀러오세요
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - A |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/22244/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110234915/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/22244/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| ''Timeless''<br><small>[[Motorola|MotoKlassic]] [[short film]]</small>
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Time |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/A/05710/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129145526/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/A/05710/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2011
| ''Spies''<br><small>[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] [[documentary television|documentary]]</small>
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2013
| ''Behind the Camera''
|
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|- 
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''Ghost''<br><small>[[short film]] from ''Mad Sad Bad''</small>
| 신촌좀비만화
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - MAD SAD BAD (sin-chon-jom-bi-man-hwa) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/14208/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== Producing credits ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Title
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Director
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Notes
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! English
! Korean
|-
! scope="row" |2013
| ''TASTEmakers Film Project''
|
| 
| Short film
|
|- 
! scope="row" |2014
| ''One Summer Night''
| 인생은 새옹지마
| [[Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987)|Kim Tae-yong]]
| Short film
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - One Summer Night (Insaeng-eun Saeohngjima) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/14200/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2019
| ''[[Svaha: The Sixth Finger]]''
|사바하
| [[Jang Jae-hyun]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Svaha : The Sixth Finger (Sa-ba-ha) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/19625/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Exit (2019 film)|Exit]]''
|엑시트
| Lee Sang-geun
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Exit |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/20773/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129233437/https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/20773/credit |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Start-Up (film)|Start-Up]]''
|시동
| Choi Jung-yeol
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDb - Start-Up (Si-dong) |url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/21549/credit |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=[[Korean Movie Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" |2023
| ''[[Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman]]''
| 천박사 퇴마 연구소: 설경의 비밀
| Kim Seong-sik
| 
| 
|}

=== Cameos ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Title
! rowspan="2" | Role
|-
! English
! Korean
|- 
! scope="row" | 1997
| ''Trio''
| 3인조
| Musical instrument store clerk
|- 
! scope="row" | 2000
| ''[[Die Bad]]''
| 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나
| Seok-hwan
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance]]'' 
| 복수는 나의 것
| Chinese restaurant delivery man
|-
| ''[[Oasis (2002 film)|Oasis]]'' 
| 오아시스
| Hong Jong-se
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Lady Vengeance]]'' 
| 친절한 금자씨
|Passerby
|-
! scope="row" |2006
| ''[[The City of Violence]]''
| 짝패
|Yoo Seok-hwan
|- 
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''[[Dachimawa Lee]]''
| 다찌마와 리: 악인이여 지옥행 급행열차를 타라!
| Voice only
|- 
! scope="row" | 2010
| ''[[Battlefield Heroes (film)|Battlefield Heroes]]'' 
| 평양성
|Commando captain 1
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| ''Mama'' 
| 마마
|Musical director
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| ''[[Top Star]]''
| 톱스타
|Jeonju Film Festival VIP Role
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''[[Gyeongju (film)|Gyeongju]]''
| 경주
|Teacher Kang
|}

=== Music video ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:33px;" |Year
! Title
! Artist
! Credited as [[Film director|Director]]
! class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2002
|"Dust"
|Dragonfly
|{{Yes}}
|
|- 
| 2007
| "Ballerino"
| rowspan="2" | [[Leessang]]
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2009
| "The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave"
| {{yes}}
|
|}

== Recurring cast members ==
Ryoo frequently re-casts actors whom he has worked with on previous films.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Recurring cast members in Ryoo's directed works
! {{diagonal split header 2|Work|Actor}}
! {{verth|[[Hwang Jung-min]]}}
! {{verth|[[Im Won-hee]]}}
! {{verth|[[Jo In-sung]]}}
! {{verth|[[Kim Byeong-ok]]}}
! {{verth|[[Ma Dong-seok]]}}
! {{verth|[[Ryu Seung-beom]]}}
! {{verth|[[Yoo Hae-jin]]}}
|-
|''[[Die Bad]]''
|
|
|
|
|
| {{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[No Blood No Tears]]''
|
|
|
|
|
| {{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[Arahan]]''
|
|
|
|
|
| {{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[Crying Fist]]''
|
|{{tick}}
|
|{{tick}}
|
| {{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[The City of Violence]]''
|
|
|
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Dachimawa Lee]]''
|
|{{tick}}
|
|{{tick}}
|
| {{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[The Unjust]]''
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|{{tick}}
|{{tick}}
|{{tick}}
|-
|''[[The Berlin File]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|{{tick}}
|
|-
|''[[Veteran (2015 film)|Veteran]]''
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|{{tick}}
|
|{{tick}}
|-
|''[[The Battleship Island]]''
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Escape from Mogadishu]]''
|
|
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Smugglers (2023 film)|Smugglers]]''
|
|
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[I, the Executioner (2024 film)|I, the Executioner]]''
|{{tick}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

== Accolades ==

=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Awards and nominations
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2000
| [[Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best New Director
| ''[[Die Bad]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| 2010
| 13th [[Director's Cut Awards]]
| Best Director
| rowspan="11" | ''[[The Unjust]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:류승완, 감독들이 주는 감독상 수상 "날 뽑고 싶었다" 소감|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201012221804181003|access-date=2012-11-18|language=ko|work=Newsen|date=22 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:감독의, 감독에 의한, 감독을 위한 영화 시상식! 제13회 디렉터스 컷 어워즈|url=http://www.movist.com/movist3d/read.asp?type=13&id=18758|access-date=2012-11-18|language=ko|work=Movist|date=23 December 2010}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="10" | 2011
| 2nd Seoul Art and Culture Awards
| Best Film Director
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|title=Rain, Girls Generation win Seoul Art Awards|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2011/02/178_81452.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[The Korea Times]]|date=15 February 2011|archive-date=2014-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201173921/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2011/02/178_81452.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Heidi|title=Rain, Girls' Generation, Lee Beom-soo to receive arts & culture award|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2011021514281077783|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=15 February 2011|archive-date=2022-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521113605/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2011021514281077783|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rain, Jeon Do Yeon, and Lee Bum Soo to Win at Seoul 2011 Art Awards|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7685|access-date=2012-11-18|work=KBS Global|date=16 February 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[47th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |20th [[Buil Film Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.busan.com/w2010/builfilm/031.html|script-title=ko:수상작 소개|website=[[Busan Ilbo]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ryu Seung Bum and Jung Yoo Mi Win Best Actor and Actress at 20th Buil Film Awards|url=http://www.soompi.com/2011/10/07/ryu-seung-bum-and-jung-yoo-mi-win-best-actor-and-actress-at-20th-buil-film-awards/|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[Soompi]]|date=7 October 2011|archive-date=2012-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102162159/http://www.soompi.com/2011/10/07/ryu-seung-bum-and-jung-yoo-mi-win-best-actor-and-actress-at-20th-buil-film-awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=December 2024}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| 44th [[Sitges Film Festival]]
| Best Film (Casa Asia section)
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name=sitges>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Several Korean movies score wins at Spain film festival|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/8831|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702230507/http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/8831|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Awards: Red State, Best motion picture|url=http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/noticies/?id=1003088|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Sitges News|date=15 October 2011|archive-date=2011-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021002753/http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/noticies/?id=1003088|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[48th Grand Bell Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards|32nd]] [[Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref name=blue1>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Claire|title=''The Unjust'' Best picture at Blue Dragon Awards|url=http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20111127000224|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|date=27 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=blue2>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=In-kyung|title=''The Unjust'' Wins Top Honors at Blue Dragon Film Awards|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=1783|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128221855/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=1783|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|work=enewsWorld|date=26 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=blue3>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Korean pic ''The Unjust'' wins big at the 32nd Blue Dragon Awards|url=http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/9246|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702224744/http://us.tenasia.co.kr/archives/9246|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2013|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=blue4>{{cite web|title=The Unjust takes top prize at Blue Dragon Awards|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=1659&mode=VIEW|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=29 November 2011|archive-date=2023-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006213801/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=1659&mode=VIEW|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2013
| rowspan="2" | [[49th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| Best Film
| rowspan="6" | ''[[The Berlin File]]''|| {{nom}} 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=49th PaekSang Arts Awards Nominations Revealed|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2384|work=Korean Film Council|access-date=2013-04-11|date=9 April 2013|archive-date=2023-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012202611/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2384|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan M.|title=49th Baeksang Arts Awards nominees revealed|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=6342|work=[[Manila Bulletin]]|access-date=2013-04-11|date=5 April 2013|archive-date=2013-06-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616081340/http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=6342|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director
| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[22nd Buil Film Awards]]
| Best Director
| {{won}} 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Screenplay|| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[34th Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best Film|| {{nom}} 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
|Best Director
| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan="14" |2015
| 48th [[Sitges Film Festival]]
| Casa Asia Award <br/> (Asia Focus - Best Film)
| rowspan="27" | ''[[Veteran (2015 film)|Veteran]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name=sitges /><ref>{{cite web|title=''Veteran'' Wins Award at Sitges Fest in Spain|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/10/21/2015102100992.html|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=6 November 2015|date=21 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 35th [[Korean Association of Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=So-jung|title=''The Throne'' rakes in three film critics' awards|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/10/28/0701000000AEN20151028000600315.html|website=[[Yonhap]]|access-date=6 November 2015|date=28 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034000/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/10/28/0701000000AEN20151028000600315.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3639|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=6 November 2015|date=2 November 2015|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122245/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3639|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top 10 Films of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| 15th Korea World Youth Film Festival
| Most Favorite Film Director
| {{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[52nd Grand Bell Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[36th Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Kil|first=Sonia|title=Korea's Blue Dragon Spreads Awards Heat Between Hit Movies and Indie Titles|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/koreas-blue-dragon-spreads-awards-1201649319/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=27 November 2015|date=26 November 2015|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012203046/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/koreas-blue-dragon-spreads-awards-1201649319/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Cine 21]] Movie Awards
| Best Director
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2nd Korean Film Producers Association Awards
| Best Director
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| rowspan="13" |2016
| 7th KOFRA Film Awards
| Best Director
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 11th Max Movie Awards
| Best Film
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Poster
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[10th Asian Film Awards]]
| [[Asian Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| [[Asian Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[52nd Baeksang Arts Awards]]|| Best Film || {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director (Film)
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay (Film)
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[25th Buil Film Awards]]
| Best Film
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 
|-
| Best Director
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |
|n1st [[The Seoul Awards]]
| Best Film
| rowspan="4" | ''[[The Battleship Island]]''
| {{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003016378|script-title=ko:‘[더서울어워즈] '비밀의 숲'·'박열', 대상 수상…반박 불가 ★들의 잔치(종합) 본문듣기 설정|access-date=2017-10-27|language=ko|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027182125/http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003016378|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0000996687&gid=999339&cid=1073569|script-title=ko:'서울어워즈' 송강호·나문희·지성·박보영 주연상…·'박열'·'비숲' 대상[종합]|date=October 27, 2017|work=TV Report|language=ko|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043153/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0000996687&gid=999339&cid=1073569|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sitges Film Festival]]
| Best Feature-length Film 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2017/10/15/0701000000AEN20171015004000315.html|title=''The Battleship Island'' wins award in Spain's Sitges Film Festival|access-date=2017-10-17|date=October 15, 2017|archive-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017042434/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2017/10/15/0701000000AEN20171015004000315.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 37th [[Korean Association of Film Critics Awards]]
| Top 10 Films
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?pageIndex=1&blbdComCd=601006&seq=4523&mode=VIEW&returnUrl=&searchKeyword=|title=THE FORTRESS Dominates 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards|date=October 30, 2017|website=Korean Film Biz Zone}}</ref>
|-
| 23rd [[Chunsa Film Art Awards]]
| Best Director 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201805031234186710|script-title=ko:제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나|date=May 3, 2018|website=Newsen|language=ko|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402104535/http://newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201805031234186710|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[30th Buil Film Awards]]
|Best Film
| rowspan="15" | ''[[Escape from Mogadishu]]''
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |author=Jo Young-mi |date=August 26, 2021 |title=모가디슈' ·'자산어보' 13개 부문 중 8개 부문 후보에 올라 |trans-title=Mogadishu’ and ‘Jasaneobo’ were nominated for 8 out of 13 categories |url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001115599 |access-date=September 3, 2021 |work=[[Busan Ilbo]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |language=ko |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829074317/https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001115599 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="awards:newsen">{{Cite news |author=Kim No-eul |date=October 7, 2021 |title='모가디슈' 작품상 포함 6관왕→유아인·전종서 주연상 쾌거(종합)[2021 부일영화상] |language=ko |trans-title='Mogadishu' 6 awards including Best Picture → Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo's Best Leading Achievement (Comprehensive) [2021 Buil Film Awards] |work=Newsen |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/609/0000496681 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008052101/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/609/0000496681 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| {{Won}}{{efn|name=a|Ryoo Seung-wan and Lee Ki-cheol}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| [[Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |author=Jeong Hyung-hwa |date=November 1, 2021 |title=42회 청룡영화상 11월26일 개최..'모가디슈' 최다 후보 |language=ko |trans-title=42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards held on November 26th... Most nominations for 'Mogadishu' |work=Star News |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/108/0003001095 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702025436/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/108/0003001095 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Kim Nara |date=November 1, 2021 |script-title=ko:[제42회 청룡영화상, 후보 발표…류승완 '모가디슈' 최다 부문 노미네이트 [공식] |language=ko |trans-title=42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards, nominations announced... Ryoo Seung-wan 'Mogadishu' Nominated for Most Category [Official] |work=My Daily |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003550938 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101012646/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003550938 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Jina Son |date=November 26, 2021 |title=구교환·송중기·전여빈·임윤아, 인기상 수상 [제42회 청룡영화상] |language=ko |trans-title=Koo Gwan-hwa, Song Joong-ki, Jeon Yeo-bin, Lim Yoon-ah, Popularity Award [42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards] |work=MK Sports |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/410/0000834121 |access-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013082753/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/410/0000834121 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bda:st">{{Cite news |author=Han Hyun-jung |date=November 26, 2021 |title='모가디슈', '청룡' 작품상 등 5관왕…설경구·문소리 주연상[종합] |language=ko |trans-title=5 crowns including Best Picture for 'Mogadishu' and 'Blue Dragon'... Seol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri Best Leading Actor [Comprehensive] |work=Star Today |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/009/0004885198 |access-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703194900/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/009/0004885198 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{Nom}}{{efn|name=a}}
|-
| [[Korean Association of Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Director
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |author=Kim Yu-jin |date=November 10, 2021 |title=설경구·문소리, 제41회 영평상 남녀주연상…'자산어보' 최우수작품상 [종합] |language=ko |trans-title=Seol Kyung-gu and Moon So-ri, 41st Youngpyeong Awards Best Actress... 'Jasaneobo' Best Picture [General] |work=Export News |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001371877 |access-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924232946/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001371877 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 8th Korean Film Writers Association Awards
| Best Film
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{Cite news |author=Lee Jae-Hoon |date=December 6, 2021 |title='모가디슈', 영화제작가협회상 작품상…고두심·설경구 주연상 |language=ko |trans-title='Mogadishu' wins Best Picture at the Film Producers Association... Go Doo-shim and Seol Kyung-gu Best Actor |work=[[Newsis]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0010872366 |access-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206080554/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0010872366 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2022
| rowspan="4" | [[58th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| [[Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Film|Grand Prize – Film]]
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |date=April 11, 2022 |title=제 58회 백상예술대상 |language=ko |trans-title=58 Nominees · Works |work=Baeksang Arts Awards |url=https://www.baeksangawards.co.kr/candidate |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428121714/https://www.baeksangawards.co.kr/candidate |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ahn Byung-gil |date=April 11, 2022 |title=58회 백상예술대상 후보 공개…영광의 주인공은? |trans-title=58th Baeksang Arts Awards nominations revealed... Who is the hero of glory? |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=144&aid=0000805268 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |work=[[Sports Kyunghyang]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |language=ko |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510185953/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=144&aid=0000805268 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Park Seo-yeon |date=May 6, 2022 |title=[제58회 백상]'모가디슈' 류승완-'오겜' 대상 영예..이준호X김태리 '2관왕'(종합) |language=ko |trans-title=[58th Baeksang] 'Mogadishu' Ryu Seung-wan - 'Ogem' Grand Prize ... Jun-ho Lee X Tae-ri Kim 'Two Crowns' (Comprehensive) |work=[[Herald Pop]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0003556501 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013212708/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0003556501 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Baeksang Arts Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Baeksang Arts Award for Best Director – Film|Best Director]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Baeksang Arts Award for Best Screenplay – Film|Best Screenplay]]
| {{Nom}}{{efn|name=a}}
|-
| [[Fantasporto]]
| [[Fantasporto#Awards|Best Orient Express Film]]
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |author=Oh Bo-ram (translation by Kim Sun Min) |date=April 13, 2022 |title='Escape from Mogadishu' wins Best Orient Express Film award at Fantasporto International Film Festival |language=en |work=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |publisher=K-Odyssey |url=https://m.k-odyssey.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065602825283034 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413105101/https://m.k-odyssey.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065602825283034 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Oh Bo-ram |date=April 13, 2022 |title='모가디슈', 판타스포르토 국제영화제 아시아 작품상 |language=ko |trans-title='Mogadishu' wins Best Asian Picture at Fantasporto International Film Festival |work=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/001/0013111949 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414042520/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/001/0013111949 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Chunsa Film Art Awards 2022]]
| Best Director
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2022 |script-title=ko:후보자(후보작) 리스트 |language=ko |trans-title=Candidate (Nominations) List |website=Chunsa Film Festival |url=http://www.chunsa.or.kr/award2.html?cate=award2 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928072854/http://www.chunsa.or.kr/award2.html?cate=award2 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2022 |script-title=ko:후보자(후보작) 리스트 |trans-title=Chunsa International Film Festival Award/Invited List |url=https://movie.daum.net/filmfest/awards?filmfestId=19&evtId=3931#awardId=282 |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=[[Daum (web portal)|Daum]] |language=ko |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210141824/https://movie.daum.net/filmfest/awards?filmfestId=19&evtId=3931#awardId=282 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2022 |script-title=ko:수상자(수상작) 리스트 |language=ko |trans-title=List of winners (award winners) |website=Chunsa Film Festival |url=http://www.chunsa.or.kr/award3.html?cate=award3 |access-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210061401/http://www.chunsa.or.kr/award3.html?cate=award3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|Best Screenplay
| {{Nom}}{{efn|name=a}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2023
| rowspan="2" | [[32nd Buil Film Awards]]
| Best Director
| rowspan="7" | ''[[Smugglers (2023 film)|Smugglers]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nam |first1=Yoo-jung |last2=Lee |first2=Woo-young |date=2023-08-27 |script-title=ko:누가 받아도 될 정도로 훌륭한 후보들, 그중 최고는 누구? |trans-title=Great candidates to anyone can accept, who is the best of them? |url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001229145 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=[[Naver News]] |language=ko |archive-date=2023-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827101938/https://n.news.naver.com/article/082/0001229145 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=See [[WP:KO/RS#NA]]; should specify underlying publication used by news aggregator.}}
|-
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[44th Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best Film 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |script-title=ko:'제44회 청룡영화상' 최종 후보작 및 후보자 발표…'밀수', '콘크리트 유토피아' 최다 노미네이트 - 한국사진방송 대한민국예술- |trans-title='44th Blue Dragon Film Award' finalist and candidate announcement... 'Smilk', 'Concrete Utopia' most nominations - Korea Photo Broadcasting Korea Arts- |url=http://koreaarttv.com/detail.php?number=89229 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=koreaarttv.com |archive-date=2023-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114132205/http://koreaarttv.com/detail.php?number=89229 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Director 
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[59th Grand Bell Awards]]
| Best Film 
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000633698 |script-title=ko:제59회 대종상영화제, 남우주연상→여우주연상 후보 및 각 부문별 선정 |trans-title= 59th Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor → Best Actress Award nominations and selection in each category |author= Ha-neul Lee |work= Ten Asia |publisher= [[Naver]] |date= October 24, 2023 |access-date= October 24, 2023 |language= ko |archive-date= November 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101132313/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000633698 |url-status= live }}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=See [[WP:KO/RS#NA]]; should specify underlying publication used by news aggregator.}}
|-
| Best Director 
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2024
| [[60th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:60회 맞은 '백상예술대상' TV·영화·연극 후보 공개|trans-title=60th 'Baeksang Arts Awards' TV, Film and Theater Candidates Revealed|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000387494|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=JTBC News|language=ko|last=Hwang|first=So-young|date=April 8, 2024|access-date=April 23, 2024|archive-date=April 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408063013/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000387494|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===State honors===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ Name of country, year given, and name of honor
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Ceremony
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Honor Or Award
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" | South Korea
| [[Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards]]{{efn|Honors are given at the [[Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards]], arranged by the [[Korea Creative Content Agency]] and hosted by the [[Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea)|Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/|title=BTS, Red Velvet win at Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=October 18, 2018|work=[[Manila Bulletin]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018084952/https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/|archive-date=October 18, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3054691|title=BTS gets award upon their return home|last=Yeo|first=Yer-im|date=October 25, 2018|work=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107061245/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3054691|archive-date=November 7, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021|via=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]}}</ref> They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2|title=Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards announces winners|last=Lee|first=Sang-won|date=October 25, 2016|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000501/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2|archive-date=September 29, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center" | 2013
| Presidential Commendation
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ent.kocca.kr/UID/PRZ/winner_2013.do|script-title=ko:대중문화예술상 2013년|website=Korea Creative Content Agency|language=ko|trans-title=2013 Popular Culture and Arts Awards|access-date=2022-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519111837/https://ent.kocca.kr/UID/PRZ/winner_2013.do|archive-date=2022-05-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Listicles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" 
|+ Name of publisher, year listed, name of [[listicle]], and placement
! scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Listicle
! scope="col" | Placement
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Cine 21]]''
| 2015
| style="text-align:left" | Film Director of the Year
| style="text-align:center" | 1st
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-28 |script-title=ko:올해의 영화감독 |trans-title=Film Director of the year |url= http://m.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=82546 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=[[Cine21]] |language=ko}}</ref>
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
*[[List of Korean film directors]]
*[[Cinema of Korea]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10019069 Ryoo Seung-wan] at Korean Film Biz Zone
* {{kmdb person|00004003}}
* {{IMDb name|0753423}}
* {{HanCinema person}}

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