Lee Joon-ik (born September 21, 1959) is a South Korean
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
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 is best known for directing and producing ''
King and the Clown
''The King and the Clown'' (, lit. ''The King's Man'') is a 2005 South Korean historical drama film, starring Kam Woo-sung, Lee Joon-gi, and Jung Jin-young. It was adapted from the 2000 stage play, ''Yi'' ("You") about Yeonsangun of Joseon, a Jose ...
'' (2005), one of the
highest grossing Korean films of all time. Other notable films include ''
Sunny'' (2008), ''
Hope
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'' (2013), ''
The Throne'' (2015), ''
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet'' (2016), and ''
The Book of Fish
''The Book of Fish'' () is a 2021 South Korean historical black and white film directed by Lee Joon-ik. The film starring Sol Kyung-gu and Byun Yo-han, is about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman and their exchange of knowledge in writ ...
'' (2021).
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
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1959 births
Living people
South Korean film directors
South Korean film producers
South Korean male film actors
Asian film producers
category:Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (Film) winners
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