Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker)

Lee Byeong-heon (Korean이병헌; 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]

Lee Byeong-heon
Lee in 2015
Born (1980-07-23) 23 July 1980 (age 44)
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2008–present
Korean name
Hangul
이병헌
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Byeongheon
McCune–ReischauerI Pyŏnghŏn

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2008 Scandal Makers No Adaptation No
2009 Smell Yes No No
2011 Sunny No Adaptation No
2012 Cheer Up Mr. Lee Yes Yes Yes
Never Ending Story No Yes No
2014 Tazza: The Hidden Card No Adaptation No
2015 Love Forecast No Yes No
Twenty Yes Yes No
2018 What a Man Wants Yes Adaptation No
2019 Extreme Job Yes No No
2023 Dream Yes Yes No
2023 Honey Sweet No Yes No [5]

Television series

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Television series
Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
2019 Be Melodramatic Yes Yes [6]
2024 Everything Shall Come True Yes No [7][8]

Web series

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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[9]
Aired at JTBC2 in 2017[10]
2022 Alice, the Ultimate Weapon 최종병기 앨리스 Yes No Watcha original drama
2024 Chicken Nugget 닭강정 Yes Yes Netflix series[11][12]

Awards and nominations

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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

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References

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  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 - Korean movie database - HoneySweet (Daljjakjigeunhae: 7510)". Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  6. ^ Kim, Eun-jin (August 10, 2019). "On 'Be Melodramatic,' adulting is a joke". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved August 11, 2019..
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "삼성, 2016년 웹드라마 10월말 공개… EXO 도경수(디오) 주연". sisaweek.com. 25 September 2016.
  10. ^ "'1주년' JTBC2, 웹드 '첫 키스만 일곱 번째' '긍정이 체질' 편성". hubnews.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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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