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Lee Kwang-mo (born 28 January 1961) is a South Korean executive producer and
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 ...
. He is best known for his first feature ''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'' (1998) which won numerous awards.


Early life

On January 28, 1961, Lee was born in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.


Career

Lee majored in English at the
Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, established in 1905. The university is included as one of the SKY universities, a popular acronym referring to Korea's three most prestigious universities. The ...
and graduated from the
University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
in film and television studies in 1988. He has written many shorts and feature screenplays, and lectures at universities and film schools. He wrote and directed his first feature ''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'' (1998) which took 13 years to make. He wrote the screenplay in memory of his father who died while he was studying in the U.S. The script won the first prize in the 1995 Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Competition. The film won numerous awards and was the most critically acclaimed film of the year. It also topped most of the film critics' lists of the year's best features.


Filmography

*''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'' (1998)


Awards

*1998
Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...
: Gold Prize for New directors (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1998
Thessaloniki Film Festival The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema. The Institution organizes the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every November and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival every March, while its y ...
: Special Artistic Achievement (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1998
Pusan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...
: FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (), also known as the Critics Choice Awards (), is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It was established in 1980 by the Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC). The c ...
: Best Director (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999
Kerala International Film Festival The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
: Special Jury Prize (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999
Fribourg International Film Festival The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival ...
: Don Quixote Award (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999 35th
Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...
: Best New Director (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999 7th
Chunsa Film Art Awards The Chunsa Film Art Awards (also known as the Icheon Chunsa Film Festival) have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society in 1990. The awards take their name from the pen name of the early ...
: Best Planning/Producer (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'') *1999 36th
Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...
: Best Director (''
Spring in My Hometown ''Spring in My Hometown'' () is a 1998 South Korean film. Synopsis A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. Cast * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother * ...
'')


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Kwang-mo 1961 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters Best New Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners