Lee Isaac Chung

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-10-19 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Lee Isaac Chung

Biography

Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature, Munyurangabo (2007), was officially selected at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. Chung gained fame for directing the semi-autobiographical film Minari (2020), for which he received numerous major awards and nominations, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and  Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards. In 2023, he directed an episode in the third season of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, and 2024, he directed the blockbuster disaster f...

Production

2010

Lucky Life

as Writer

2010

Lucky Life

as Director

2010

Lucky Life

as Editor

2008

Munyurangabo

as Director

2013

Abigail Harm

as Director of Photography

2013

Abigail Harm

as Director

2013

Abigail Harm

as Editor

2013

Abigail Harm

as Writer

2024

Twisters

as Director

2008

Munyurangabo

as Writer

2021

Minari

as Writer

2021

Minari

as Director

2008

Munyurangabo

as Editor

2008

Munyurangabo

as Producer

2004

Highway

as Director

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Your Name

as Writer

2015

I Have Seen My Last Born

as Director of Photography

2008

Munyurangabo

as Director of Photography

-

The Traveler

as Director

2012

Behind the word

as Producer

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