Directing

Lee Chang-dong

Born April 1, 1954 · Daegu, South Korea (age 72)

Lee Chang-dong (born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and novelist. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the Asian Film Awards and has been nominated for the Golden Lion and Palme d'Or. Lee served as the minister of Culture and Tourism in the South Korean Government from 2003 to 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Chang-dong, licensed under CC-…

Known For

Possible Love

Possible Love · 2026

A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires.

Burning

Burning · 2018

MovieMysteryDrama

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Poetry

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine · 2007

Secret Sunshine

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Peppermint Candy

Peppermint Candy · 2000

Peppermint Candy

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Hwayi: A Monster Boy · 2013

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

MovieActionThriller

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Green Fish

Green Fish · 1997

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

Oasis

MovieDramaRomance

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.

Filmography

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Possible Love

Possible Love · 2026

A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires.

Director

Burning

Burning · 2018

MovieMysteryDrama

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Screenplay

Poetry

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Director

Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine · 2007

Secret Sunshine

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Director

Peppermint Candy

Peppermint Candy · 2000

Peppermint Candy

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

Director

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Hwayi: A Monster Boy · 2013

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

MovieActionThriller

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Executive Producer

Green Fish

Green Fish · 1997

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

Director

Oasis

MovieDramaRomance

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.

Director

A Girl at My Door

A Girl at My Door · 2014

A Girl at My Door

Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.

Producer

Never Forever

Never Forever · 2007

MovieDramaRomance

When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.

Producer

A Single Rider

A Single Rider · 2017

Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance to look back on his life.

Thanks

A Single Spark

A Single Spark · 1995

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.

Writer

The World of Us

The World of Us · 2016

The World of Us

A bullied girl becomes friends with a new kid during a break, but when classes start up again, their new friendship is nearly ruined when the bullying continues.

Producer

A Brand New Life · 2009

A Brand New Life

Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage.

Producer

Birthday

Birthday · 2019

Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows.

Executive Producer

To the Starry Island

To the Starry Island · 1993

To the Starry Island

MovieFantasyDrama

Two men have returned to their hometown (the titular island) from Seoul to bury the father of one of them, but the islanders vehemently refuse their request, triggering memories of their childhood before and during the Korean War.

Writer

Heartbeat

Heartbeat · 2022

Caught up in anxiety, eight-year-old Chul in school tells his teacher that he is going to the bathroom but runs straight home.

Director