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- Parents Monica and Jacob are Korean immigrants who've moved to a trailer home in Arkansas, with their two second-generation kids, to start a new life.
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Apr 20, 2021 · 'Minari' director Lee Isaac Chung talks about where he grew up, Korean heritage, Oscar nominations, and what it means to find success.
Mar 3, 2021 · Director Lee Isaac Chung's inspiration for Minari, his semi-autobiographical film about a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas, began with a list.
Feb 24, 2021 · Minari is partly drawn from Chung's own memories of growing up on a farm with immigrant parents. Chung reflected on the movie in an interview with NPR. Interview Highlights
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Early life and education. Chung was born on October 19, 1978, [3] in Denver, to a family from South Korea. His family lived briefly in Atlanta before moving to a small farm in rural Lincoln, Arkansas. [4] [5] He attended Lincoln High School.
Feb 26, 2021 · In the film, Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”) and the South Korean actress Yeri Han play an immigrant couple who, like Chung’s own parents, moved to Arkansas to pursue the husband’s starry ...
A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking. He studied film at the University of Utah, earning his MFA in 2004.
Mar 31, 2021 · Lee Isaac Chung's Oscar-nominated, semi-autobiographical movie "Minari" is inspired by his childhood, when his parents moved the Korean-American family to rural Arkansas to pursue the...
