Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker)

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Lee Byeong-heon
Lee in 2015
Born (1980-07-23) 23 July 1980 (age 43)
South Korea
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2008–present
Korean name
Hangul
이병헌
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Byeongheon
McCune–ReischauerI Pyŏnghŏn

Lee Byeong-heon (Korean: 이병헌; born 23 July 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Twenty and 2019 film Extreme Job, the latter of which broke the record for the highest-grossing South Korean film.[1][2][3][4]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2008 Scandal Makers Kang Hyeong-cheol Adaptation — [5]
2009 Smell Yes No [6]
2011 Sunny Kang Hyeong-cheol Adaptation [7]
2012 Cheer Up Mr. Lee Yes Yes Yes [8]
Never Ending Story Jung Yong-joo
  • Park Eun-kyo
  • Lee Byeong-heon
 — [9]
2014 Tazza: The Hidden Card Kang Hyeong-cheol Adaptation [10]
2015 Love Forecast Park Jin-pyo Yes [11]
Twenty Yes Yes [12]
2018 What a Man Wants Yes Adaptation [13][14]
2019 Extreme Job Yes Bae Se-young [15][16]
2023 Dream Yes Yes [17]
2023 Honey Sweet Lee Han Yes [18]

Television series[edit]

Television series
Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
2019 Be Melodramatic Yes Yes [19]
2024 Everything Shall Come True Yes No [20][21]

Web series[edit]

Web series
Year Title Credited as Notes
English Korean Director Writer
2013 Peckish Women 출출한 여자 - 2화 금기의 맛 Yes Yes web series
2016 Be Positive 긍정이 체질 Yes Yes Naver TV Series[22]
Aired at JTBC2 in 2017[23]
2022 Alice, the Ultimate Weapon 최종병기 앨리스 Yes No Watcha original drama
2024 Chicken Nugget 닭강정 Yes Yes Netflix series[24][25]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012
 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival Audience Award Smell Nominated
2013 50th Grand Bell Awards Best New Director Cheer Up Mr. Lee Nominated
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Director (Film) Twenty Nominated
52nd Grand Bell Awards Best New Director Nominated
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Director Nominated
The Korea Film Actors Association Awards Best New Director Award Won
2019 21st Udine Far East Film Festival Audience Award Extreme Job Won
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards Director Award Nominated
8th Buil Film Awards Best Director Nominated
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Director Nominated
8th Korea Best Star Award Best Director Won
19th Director's Cut Awards Director of the Year Nominated
2020 56th Grand Bell Awards Best Director Nominated

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (25 March 2015). "Herald Review: Twenty: A sassy celebration of youth". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ Ha, Soo-jung (21 March 2015). "Interview: Director of Film Twenty Talks Kim Woo Bin, Bromance Between Actors and More". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Youth Comedy TWENTY Set for Japanese Release".
  4. ^ "'Extreme Job' Continues Successful Run at Box Office". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  5. ^ "KMDb - Scandal Makers". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  6. ^ "KMDb - Smell". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  7. ^ "KMDb - 한국영화데이터베이스". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  8. ^ "KMDb - Cheer Up Mr. Lee". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  9. ^ "KMDb - Never Ending Story". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  10. ^ "KMDb - Tazza: The Hidden Card". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  11. ^ "KMDb - Love Forecast". www.kmdb.or.kr. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  12. ^ Kim, June (16 March 2015). "In Focus: Twenty". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  13. ^ "- '바람바람바람', 이병헌 표 코미디에 이성민X신하균X송지효X이엘 가세텐아시아". hankyung.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  14. ^ "이성민·신하균·송지효·이엘, '바람 바람 바람' 출연". chosun.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  15. ^ Kang Aa-young (18 December 2018). "Undercover cops at career crossroads". The Korea Times.
  16. ^ [인터뷰②]'극한직업' 류승룡 "오정세? 이름만 들어도 빵 터져, 엄청난 능력" (in Korean). Asiae. 16 January 2019.
  17. ^ "IU and Park Seo-joon in Lee Byeong-heon's "Dream"". Hancinema. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "KMDb - Korean movie database - HoneySweet (Daljjakjigeunhae: 7510)". Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  19. ^ Kim, Eun-jin (August 10, 2019). "On 'Be Melodramatic,' adulting is a joke". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved August 11, 2019..
  20. ^ Yoon Hyo-jeong (June 14, 2023). "김우빈·수지, 김은숙 신작 '다 이루어질지니' 출연…7년만의 재회 [공식]" (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Naver.
  21. ^ Lee Gyu-lee (June 14, 2023). "Kim Woo-bin and Suzy to reunite in Kim Eun-sook's new series". The Korea Times. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  22. ^ "삼성, 2016년 웹드라마 10월말 공개… EXO 도경수(디오) 주연". sisaweek.com. 25 September 2016.
  23. ^ "'1주년' JTBC2, 웹드 '첫 키스만 일곱 번째' '긍정이 체질' 편성". hubnews.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  24. ^ Lim, Jeong-won (September 30, 2022). "Actor Ahn Jae-hong, director Lee Byeong-heon to work together on 'Chicken Nugget' Netflix series". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Naver.
  25. ^ Suacillo, Angela Patricia (September 30, 2022). "Kim Yoo-jung, Ahn Jae-hong and Ryu Seung-ryong to star in upcoming Netflix K-drama". NME. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.

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