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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-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lee Chang-dong is an acclaimed South Korean film director, screenwriter, and former novelist who served as the country's Minister of Culture and Tourism.
He is renowned for directing deeply psychological and critically acclaimed films such as Burning, Poetry, and Oasis.
He creates naturalistic, character-driven dramas focusing on trauma, human psychology, and social margins in contemporary South Korea.