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Lee Kwang-hoon

Lee Kwang-hoon

South Korean filmmaker

For the footballer, see Lee Gwang-hoon.

Lee Kwang-hoon (born 1959) is a South Korean filmmaker who has directed four feature-length films.

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Education and career

Lee was born in South Korea in 1959, and studied at Sogang University for his Bachelor of Arts and in Ohio State University to get his Master of Arts. He was the assistant director for Eyes of Dawn and also appeared as an extra. His first movie Doctor Bong was the biggest success in box office in Korea in 1995.[1]

Lee's 1999 film Ghost in Love (Jaguimo) was one of the leading films in the "new wave" of Korean cinema[2] around the turn of the millennium designed to produce blockbusters to rival Hollywood.[3]

In 2008 Lee was involved in controversy when he accused Kim Tae-kyun, the director of Crossing, of plagiarism.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lee Kwang-hoon (이광훈)".
  2. [2]
    Leong, Anthony C. Y. (2003). Korean cinema: the new Hong Kong: a guidebook for the latest Korean new wave. Trafford Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-55395-461-3.
  3. [3]
    Gateward, Frances K. (2007). Seoul searching: culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema. SUNY Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7914-7225-5.
  4. [4]
    Han, Sunhee (7 August 2008). "S. Korea picks 'Crossing' for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 25 January 2010.


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