Lee Woo-jung

Lee Woo-jung is a South Korean television screenwriter.

Lee was one of star writer.

Through this program, she gained experience and entered the broadcasting industry with 21st Century Committee.

After being scouted by KBS, Lee worked as assistant writer on music show Music Bank.

Lee Woo-jung was born on 1976, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

After graduating from the Department of Trade at Sookmyung Women's University, Lee began her career as an advertising copywriter.

During her writer training at the MBC Academy, she made the transition to the broadcasting industry.

At that time, becoming a broadcast writer typically required education from institutions affiliated with broadcasting companies, such as the MBC Academy or broadcasting writers' training institutes.

Prospective writers would submit their resumes and portfolios with script composition plans, and broadcasting companies would request manpower from these institutions when they needed new writers.

She is best known for writing the tvN television dramas Reply series: Reply 1997 (2012), Reply 1994 (2013) and Reply 1988 (2015–2016).

She also wrote the popular variety-reality shows 2 Days & 1 Night, Qualifications of Men, Grandpas Over Flowers, Sisters Over Flowers, Youth Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day.

In 2000, writer Lee participated in MBC's pilot program called An Outing with a Girlfriend! which was an entertainment survival program following the global trend of the time.

In 2002, the first program she was in charge as main writer was a show called "Declaration of Freedom Today is Saturday – The War Of Roses."

It was a program where male entertainers and female college students would meet and find a mate at a mountain lodge.

It was during this program that Lee met Lee Myung-han, who was the main director, along with two assistant directors, Na Young-seok and Shin Won-ho.

They eventually formed a group famous as Yeouido Research Institute, also later known as Lee Myung-han's division.

They quickly hit it off, sharing similar creative tendencies.

They collaborated again on Super TV Sunday is Fun, with Lee Myung-han as the main director and his juniors in charge of directing each segment of the show.

Na Young-seok directed "Let's Go! Dream Team - Season 1", and Shin Won-ho directed "Kung Kung Ta".

Lee work again as main writer in Heroine 5, which were directed by Lee Myung-han and Na Young-seok.

Heroine 5 was one of the segments of Sunday 101%, which was renamed Happy Sunday since November 2004, and it was broadcast from April 4, 2004, to May 1, 2005, on KBS 2.

Lee also worked on the sequel, Heroine 6, with the same directors.

When Lee Myung-han and Na Young-seok developed another segments for Happy Sunday, Shin Won-hoo took over as the director.

It was aired from May 8, 2005, to April 29, 2007, on KBS 2.

Lee Myung-han and Na Young-seok collaborated on two new segments of Happy Sunday: High Five and Are You Ready? High Five aired on KBS 2TV from May 6, 2007, to May 18, 2008.

The show was hosted by Jee Seok-jin and it focused on five female stars who embarked on different job experiences.

Throughout the series, they took on roles such as flight attendants, farmers, stuntwomen, and police officers.

Given the diverse backgrounds of the stars, comedic twists and events were often incorporated into their training.

The initial lineup of High Five stars included comedian Jo Hye-ryun, entertainer Hyun Young, singer Chae Yeon, MC Park Kyung-lim, and actress Kim Min-sun.

Happy Sunday: Are You Ready? was aired from May 6, 2007, to July 29, 2007.

Kang Ho-dong served as the host, and the cast included Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Kim Jong-min, Noh Hong-chul, and Ji Sang-ryeol.

The show centered around the cast and special guests engaging in a variety of games.

The initial three episodes focused on games related to the Chinese language, while the subsequent episodes leading up to the finale featured physical and logic-based games.

Unfortunately, due to poor ratings, Are You Ready? was discontinued after airing 12 episodes.

Lee as main writer, with Lee Myung-han, Na Young-seok quickly made a replacement segment titled 1 Night 2 Days. The initial cast included most of casts from Are You Ready? such as Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Kim Jong-min, Noh Hong-chul, and Ji Sang-ryeol.

Kim C, Lee Seung-gi, MC Mong, and Uhm Tae-woong later joined the cast.

1 Night 2 Days revolutionized Korean reality programming by introducing the road trip format.

The show featured a regular cast who embarked on trips to different towns across Korea, spending one night and two days there.

During these trips, they engaged in various activities such as games, camping, and sightseeing.

She was given a presidential commendation for her work on Grandpas Over Flowers at the 2013 Korea Content Awards, which praised her for its depiction of "four elderly backpackers with humor and warmth."