FILM DIRECTOR

Lee Chang-dong

1954 - Today

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Lee Chang-dong (Korean: 이창동; Hanja: 李滄東; born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He has directed six feature films: Green Fish (1997), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Poetry (2010), and Burning (2018). Burning became the first Korean film to make it to the 91st Academy Awards' final nine-film shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Chang-dong has received more than 733,977 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lee Chang-dong is the 509th most popular film director (up from 511th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 117th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Film Director.

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  • 60.67

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  • 26

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  • 5.82

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  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lee Chang-dong ranks 509 out of 2,041. Before him are Vicente Aranda, Marcel Camus, Henry Koster, Michael Apted, John Milius, and Alessandro Blasetti. After him are Richard Boleslawski, Ted Kotcheff, Sam Wood, Clarence Brown, Fernando Solanas, and Boris Barnet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Lee Chang-dong ranks 130. Before him are Han Zheng, Karin Fossum, Bruno Metsu, Valery Gazzaev, Sid Meier, and Philip J. Pierre. After him are Morten P. Meldal, Catherine Samba-Panza, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, David Lee Roth, Hermann Tilke, and Kengo Kuma.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Chang-dong ranks 127 out of 1,128. Before him are Song Kang-ho (1967), Kim Hae-sook (1955), Sin Yun-bok (1758), Lee Dong-wook (1981), Myung-whun Chung (1953), and Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338). After him are Na Hye-sok (1896), Kim Hye-ja (1941), J-Hope (1994), Han Seung-soo (1936), Heo Gyun (1569), and Song Joong-ki (1985).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Lee Chang-dong ranks 3. Before him are Kim Ki-duk (1960), and Bong Joon-ho (1969). After him are Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Kwak Jae-yong (1959), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Yeon Sang-ho (1978), Lee Cheol-ha (1970), and Na Hong-jin (1974).

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