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 669,634 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 126th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 117th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lee Chang-dongs by language

Over the past year Lee Chang-dong has had the most page views in the with 86,074 views, followed by Chinese (27,975), and Japanese (18,912). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Vietnamese (103.99%), Malagasy (61.07%), and Portuguese (44.61%)

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 126 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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Filmography

Poetry
Director
A sexagenarian South Korean woman enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
May 13o 20107.6 / 10
Burning
Director
An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another man.
May 17o 20187.4 / 10
Peppermint Candy
Director
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.
Jan 1o 20007.5 / 10