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Lee Chang-dong (Korean: 이창동; Hanja: 李滄東; born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He has directed six feature films: Green Fish (1997), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Poetry (2010), and Burning (2018).
- Film director, screenwriter
- Kyungpook National University (1981)
- 1997–present
IMDb profile of Lee Chang-dong, a South Korean writer, producer and director of acclaimed films such as Burning, Poetry and Oasis. Learn about his life, career, influences and achievements in the film industry.
- January 1, 1
- Writer, Producer, Director
- Daegu, South Korea
- Lee Chang-dong
Apr 10, 2024 · Lee Chang-dong set Cannes ablaze in 2018 with the uneasily beautiful “Burning,” a loose Haruki Murakami adaptation about the folie à troix between an alienated delivery man (Ah-in Yoo), the...
- Ryan Lattanzio
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Apr 3, 2024 · Features. Metrograph Highlights Remarkable Career of Lee Chang-dong. Walter Chaw April 03, 2024. Tweet. Lee Chang-dong began his career in the arts as a novelist and “novelistic” in all the richness and implication of that term is how I find myself thinking of his films.
Oct 18, 2022 · The Cannes veteran and Korean auteur filmmaker talks about his themes, characters and artistic freedom at the Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon. He shares his personal stories and insights on human nature, violence and love in his films.
- Lise Pedersen
Lee Chang-Dong was born in 1954 in Daegu, which some consider the most right-wing city in South Korea. Lee is a former high-school teacher and an acclaimed novelist. He turned to cinema when he was over 40 years old. His debut film "Green Fish" (1997) brought immediate success and critical acclaim.
Feb 1, 2019 · Feb 1–9, 2019. Film series. Lee Chang-dong has written and directed a mere six features in over 20 years, but these exquisite films have placed him among the most admired auteurs in cinema. His latest, Burning (2018)—his first film in eight years—is an unsettling, puzzling psycho-thriller that has gained unanimous praise from critics and ...
