Shinho Lee (born 1977) is a South Korean screenwriter and arts professor in Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at

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. Lee is best known for his work on “ The Chaser (film)” (2008,

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). It was screened in the Official Selection Midnight Screening section at the

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. The remake rights to the film were bought by Warner Bros. with Leonardo DiCaprio named as a potential star. His recent work “

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” (based on the short story by

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) was directed by

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(“

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”, “

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”, “

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”) and screened in the Official Panorama Special section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. He also wrote “Sayonara Itsuka ( サヨナライツカ, Saying Good-bye, Oneday)” (based on the novel by

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) that stars Miho Nakayama from

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’s “

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”. His other work includes a number of plays and screenplays: “Last September” (screenplay, to be produced by

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”, “

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”, " Mission: Impossible 2")), “Tokyo Year Zero” (screenplay, based on the novel by

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”)), “The Red Snow” (screenplay, the Winner of The 2003 Harley-Merrill International Screenwriting Award sponsored by MPA and RKO Pictures and The 2002 CAPE ( Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) Foundation’s New Writers Award sponsored by The 20th Century FOX), “Dream of No Words” (play, Hartford Stage’s 2003 Brand New Reading Series), “The Water Mirrors” (play, American Living Room with Lincoln Center & Here Arts Center) and “Butterfly” (play, Director’s Company’s Don’t Blink with Second Stage Theatre). He is currently writing an action thriller “The Goldmine” set in Australia and Korea that is to be produced by Janelle Landers and Aidan O’Bryan of WBMC (“

Son of a Gun (film) ''Son of a Gun'' is a 2014 crime thriller film written and directed by Julius Avery. It stars Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander, and Jacek Koman. Plot A 19-year-old youth, JR ( Brenton Thwaites) is sent to an Australian co ...

”, “

Wasted on the Young ''Wasted on the Young'' is a 2011 Australian thriller film directed by Ben C. Lucas and starring Oliver Ackland, Adelaide Clemens, and Alex Russell. Shot by cinematographer Dan Freene, it tells the story of a traumatic high school incident that s ...

”) and developing an action TV pilot "N.O.C." with Jeremiah McMillan of Global Content Group. He received his BFA in Film & TV and MFA in Dramatic Writing from

. He is also an alumnus in American Film Institute’s Screenwriting Program.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2016) - screenplay * ''Sayonara Itsuka'' (; ''Saying Good-bye, Oneday''; 2010) - screenplay * '' The Chaser (film)'' (2008) - screenplay * ''

My Mighty Princess ''My Mighty Princess'' (; lit. ''The impossible female student'') is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kwak Jae-yong. Synopsis Kang So-Hwi is a college student and martial artist who possesses super-human strength and supernatural agility th ...

'' (2008) - screenplay * ''Kimono'' (1998) - director, screenplay

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Shinho 1977 births Living people Male screenwriters Writers from Seoul South Korean screenwriters