Lee Byung-il (1910-1978) was a South Korean
film director
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and
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
. He debuted with ''
Spring on the Korean Peninsula'' in 1941, when Korea was still under the
Japanese rule. His best known film, ''
The Wedding Day
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'' (1956), was screened at the
Berlin Film Festival
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- the first Korean film to do so. Today considered a classic, it has been listed as a Registered Cultural Property by the Korean Government in 2007 and chosen by
Korea Post to be commemorated in a 2008 special stamps edition together with three other representative films from 1940-60s.
His next film, ''
The Love Marriage'' (1958), won a special comedy award at
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
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History
The festival was first held in Toky ...
. In his later years he was more active as a
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
.
Filmography as director
See also
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List of Korean film directors
*
Cinema of Korea
References
External links
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1910 births
People from Hamhung
South Korean film directors
1978 deaths
South Korean people of North Korean origin