Lee Chang-dong

Lee Chang -dong ( born April 1, 1954 in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean film director, writer and screenwriter.

Biography

Lee studied Korean and Literature at Kyungpook University. After graduating in 1980 he worked for a short time as a Korean teacher at a high school. In 1983, he made a name for himself as a writer. At the age of 40 years he moved into the film business. After experience in the theater, he established himself with the socially critical screenplays for To the Starry Iceland (1993) and A Single Spark ( 1996), both of which were filmed by Park Kwang -su, in the Korean film scene.

His directorial debut, he published in 1997 with Green Fish, who was unexpectedly successful with audiences and critics. Peppermint Candy ( 2000), his second feature film, already brought him accolades at film festivals. His international breakthrough came in 2002 with Oasis, which was awarded a prize at the film festival in Venice. The actors Moon So -ri and Sol Kyung -gu gained through their participation in Peppermint Candy and Oasis fame.

2003 he was appointed Minister of Culture of South Korea, this office stated, however already in June 2004 again. In 2007, he was present with his film Secret Sunshine in competition at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, was honored with the Best Actor award for lead actress Jeon Do -yeon. The film was at the Oscars 2008 also selected as the official South Korean contribution to the nomination for the best foreign language film. In 2009 he was appointed to the jury of the 62nd International Film Festival of Cannes. A year later, he was competing again Poetry in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival and won the award for best screenplay.

In 2011 he won with Poetry at the International Film Festival of Fribourg the Regard d'or.

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter