Lee Han

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 이한
Hanja 李翰
Revised
Romanization 		I Han
McCune-
Reischauer 		I Han

Lee Han (also romanized as Yi Han; * 1970 ) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter .

Life

Lee Han studied theater and film at Hanyang University in Seoul . He began his film career as assistant director to Bae Chang-ho for the films Love Story ( 러브 스토리 , 1996) and My Heart ( 정 Jeong , 2000). In 2002 he released his first feature film, Lovers' Concerto . The melodrama is about a love triangle between three friends, played by Cha Tae-hyun , Lee Eun-ju and Son Ye-jin . He then wrote the screenplay for Garden of Heaven (2003) and was part of the writing team for the KBS2 television series Bodyguard .

With his subsequent films, Lee cemented his reputation as a director of modern romance. In 2006 he released Almost Love ( Cheongchun Manhwa 'youth manhwa ') with Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ha-neul . The Christmas film My Love followed in 2007 .

While he had great success with his love films, the literary adaptation Punch took him to major film festivals, including the 2012 Berlinale . The film is based on Kim Ryŏ-ryŏng's eponymous Bildungsroman , in German as Eins Zwei . One two Three. published. The film is about the young Wandeuk , played by Yoo Ah-in , who comes from a multicultural family. His teacher and neighbor, played by Kim Yoon-seok , is very concerned about Wandeuk's well-being, even if he does not notice this at first and feels it is harassment. The film was highly acclaimed by critics.

In 2014, Lee adapted another bestselling novel by Kim Ryŏ-ryŏng, Uahan Geojitmal . The film was released with the international title Thread of Lies . The film is about the aftermath of a young girl's suicide. Only afterwards did the sister and her mother find out about the circumstances and how the suicide occurred. The film received positive reviews and was recognized for its almost all female cast, starring Kim Hee-ae , Kim Hyang-gi , Ko Ah-sung , Kim Yoo-jung, and Chun Woo-hee .

Filmography

  • 2002: Lovers' Concerto ( 연애 소설 Yeonae Soseol )
  • 2003: Garden of Heaven (screenplay)
  • 2003: Bodyguard ( 보디 가드 ; screenplay; television series)
  • 2006: Almost Love ( 청춘 만화 Cheongchun Manhwa )
  • 2007: My Love ( 내 사랑 Nae Sarang )
  • 2011: Punch ( 완득 이 Wandeuki )
  • 2014: Thread of Lies
  • 2019: Innocent Witness ( 증인 Jeungin )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 청춘 만화 (Almost Love) Press Screening Report. In: Twitchfilm. March 14, 2006, archived from the original on March 7, 2014 ; accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Wandeukyi. In: Berlinale. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kwon Jungyun: A look back at the year's breakout films. In: Korea.net. December 15, 2011, archived from the original on September 20, 2018 ; accessed on June 28, 2020 (English).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Han is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Han
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이한 (Hangeul); 李翰 (Hanja); I, Han; Yi, Han
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH South Korea