Spot Info
Real Name: Jang-ho Lee
Personal Details
Nationality: South Korea
Religion: Buddhist
Mother Tongue: Korean
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Born on: May 15, 1945
Age As On Today: 78 years
Hometown: Seoul
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Education Details
School: Seoul High School
College: Hongik University
Education Qualification: Architecture
Family Details
Siblings: Lee Young-Ho
Husband/Spouse Name: Jung Eun-Young
Jang-ho Lee is a Korean director and screenplay writer. He was born on May 15th, 1945, in Seoul in South Korea. The seventy-six years old Director born in a Buddhist family has Korean as his mother tongue. Lee finished his High school in Seoul, after which he pursued architecture at Hongik University. Lee had dreamed of working in the film enterprise while growing up, even though he was uncertain which specific area he desired to work in. Then, he had the opportunity to meet the legendary film director Shin Sang-ok and his father, who served as a film industry regulator. That occasion made Lee determined to turn out to be a film director.
LEE Jang-ho began his career by working as an assistant director at the movies of SHIN Sang-ok for Shin Film. No one could deny that he’s the vital figure amongst those who spearheaded changes withinside the Korean film enterprise in the 1980s. He began his adventure as a director in 1996 at Korea Films Institute, and in 1974, he made his debut with “Stars’ Home. Did work for eight years with director Shin Sang-Ok and then founded his production enterprise, PAN film, in 1986.
Director Lee Jang-ho (born in 1945) became one of the crucial personalities in the Korean film industry of the seventies and eighties. Lee has directed 23 films, alongside being a producer of eight films and writer of five films.
In the preliminary days of his career, he additionally worked as an assistant director in two movies.
Lee is understood for many splendid works and has received four awards; FIPRESCI Prize (1987), Reader Jury of the “Zitty” 1988), Caligari Film Award (1988), and Producer Award (2019) and three nominations; Gold Hugo (1983), Golden Montgolfiere (1988), and Tokyo Grand Prix (1987).
Some exceptional works of Lee as a director and write are “The Man With Three Coffins (Nageune-neun Gileseodo Swiji-anneunda)”, “declaration of fools (Babo seoneon)”, both of which received numerous awards and nominations.
Though he continued to direct, his tempo slowed in the 1990s. After that, he continued his profession by being a movie professor of the video and art college, Jeonju University. Then later, he became the Director of the Seoul Film Commission and is currently a professor, Chief organizer of the 10th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.
- Korean
Yang Se-jong
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Choi Ha-Won
Professional Details
Skills: Director
Profession: Director, Screenplay Writer
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Career
Awards: FIPRESCI Prize (1987), Reader Jury of the "Zitty" 1988), Caligari Film Award (1988), and Producer Award (2019) and three nominations; Gold Hugo (1983), Golden Montgolfiere (1988), and Tokyo Grand Prix (1987).
