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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
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.
- January 1, 1
- Writer, Producer, Director
- Daegu, South Korea
- Lee Chang-dong
Oct 18, 2022 · Film writer and director Lee Chang-dong (“Burning,” “Oasis,” “Peppermint Candy”), one of Korea’s best-known auteur filmmakers who has contributed to putting Korean cinema firmly on the global...
- Lise Pedersen
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Apr 10, 2024 · Lee Chang-dong Remembers ‘Burning’ and ‘Poetry’: ‘Each Film Led Me to the Heart of Darkness’. As a Metrograph retrospective unfolds in New York, the South Korean filmmaker looks back on films...
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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.
Apr 8, 2024 · Director Lee Chang-dong’s films are uniquely Korean, and throughout his career, his work has served as cultural beacons for the future of Korean cinema. “Peppermint Candy” (1999) put a spotlight on auteurism in South Korea, revealing an individual’s scars left by the tumultuous modern history of Korea’s democracy.
Mini Bio. 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.
