Director

Sang-il Lee

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 2All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 142670

IMDb ID: nm0498212

Known for: Directing

Born: January 6, 1974

Age: 52

Place of birth: Niigata, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2025

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 7.05

Wikidata: Q614697

Also known as

イ・サンイル • リ・サンイル • Lee Sang-Il • Sang-Il Lee

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Director (10)Writer (4)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Lee Sang-il is a Korean-Japanese film director and screenwriter. His first film, “Chong,” was a short film about the lives of third generation Koreans living in Japan. “Hula Girls” was declared best Japanese film of 2006 by Kinema Junpo, and Lee won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the 2007 Japanese Academy Awards for the film. His film “Unforgiven” was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.