Mipo O (吳美保, O Mipo, Korean: 오미보, born March 3, 1977, in Iga, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese-born Korean[1] film director, screenwriter, and commercial director.
After graduating from the Osaka University of Arts Visual Concept Planning Department, O began working as a screenwriter under director Nobuhiko Obayashi.
[2] In 2010, she wrote and directed Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!, which played at the Busan International Film Festival and took the grand prize for the Kaneto Shindo Awards, awarded to promising directors by a committee of Japanese producers.
[5] Her next film, You Are a Good Kid, for which she teamed up again with the producer and screenwriter of The Light Shines Only There, will be released in 2015.
In addition to films, she also writes and directs commercials and episodes for television.