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Feb 26, 2021 · With “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung tells a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up Korean-American in the heartland. Lee Isaac Chung was on the verge of quitting filmmaking when he decided...
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. Chung...
Lee Isaac Chung. Director: Minari. 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 2, 2021 · An interview with the "Minari" director about growing up in Arkansas, the cultural power of food and the recent Golden Globes controversy.
Apr 23, 2021 · April 23, 2021 7 AM PT. Lee Isaac Chung, a dual writing and directing Oscar nominee for “Minari,” remembers submitting his first feature film, “Munyurangabo,” to the 2007 Cannes Film Festival...
Jan 21, 2021 · January 21, 2021. For director Lee Isaac Chung, the most stress-inducing screening of Minari was not the movie’s packed Sundance Film Festival world premiere, but rather a post-Thanksgiving...
Apr 20, 2021 · ‘RS Interview: Special Edition’ With ‘Minari’ Director Lee Isaac Chung. On the eve of the Oscars, the director shares the responsibilities — and grievances — he feels as an "Asian filmmaker"...
