Yoo In-shik (Korean: 유인식; born November 12, 1972) is a South Korean television director known for directing television series such as Dr. Romantic (2016-2023), Vagabond (2019), and Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022).
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Career
Yoo graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Seoul National University. He joined SBS in 1996 and began his career as an assistant director.
He directed early SBS dramas such as Into the Storm (2004), Bad Family (2006), and Surgeon Bong Dal-hee (2007).
In 2010, Yoo gained recognition for directing the SBS historical drama Giant. He later directed Incarnation of Money (2013), You're All Surrounded (2014), and the police drama Mrs. Cop (2015).
Yoo achieved major commercial and critical success with the medical drama Dr. Romantic in 2016, winning Best Director (Television) at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2019, he directed the espionage action drama Vagabond, starring Lee Seung-gi and Bae Suzy.
Yoo received international acclaim for directing Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), which became one of the highest-rated dramas in ENA history and earned him another Best Director award at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.