Lee Hwan-kyung

Lee Hwan-kyung (born 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee debuted with He Was Cool (2004). His next two features, Lump Sugar (2006) revolves around Si-eun who dreams of becoming a jockey and Champ (2011), which is based on a true story, depicts the relationship between a recently injured racehorse and the jockey who is gradually losing his eyesight.[1][2][3] His fourth feature Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) became the biggest hit of the year with more than 12.32 million viewers.[4][5]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Hwan-kyung
Born1970 (age 49–50)
South Korea
Alma materSeoul Institute of the Arts
OccupationFilm director,
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI Hwan-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerI Hwan-kyŏng

His next project is the Chinese film Amazing Father and Daughter (2016), which will start production at the end of 2015 and release next year.[6]

Filmography

Awards
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References
  1. "LEE Hwan-kyung". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  2. "Lump Sugar Goes Down Well". The Korea Times via Hancinema. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. Sung, So-young; Song, Yoon-soo (26 August 2011). "Adorable scene stealers nose their way onto screen". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  4. Conran, Pierce (30 January 2013). "In Focus: Miracle in Cell No. 7". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  5. "Miracle in Cell No. 7 third most-viewed Korean film". Yonhap. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  6. "MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7 Director LEE Hwan-kyung to Direct Chinese Father-Daughter Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  7. Conran, Pierce (4 November 2013). "THE FACE READER Picks Up 6 at 50th Grand Bell Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  8. award shared with Kim Min-ki and Kim Min-guk



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