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Filmmaker · South Korea

Lee Chang-dong

Lee Chang-dong was born on 4 July 1954 in Daegu, into a modest family whose father leaned left. A graduate in Korean literature from Kyungpook University, he taught in secondary schools, worked in theatre and published stories from the early eighties. Park Kwang-su called on him as screenwriter and assistant on two of his films, before his own debut in 1997. Minister of Culture and Tourism from 2003 to 2004, he has received a Silver Lion at Venice and the screenplay prize at Cannes in 2010.

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