Lee Byung-il

from HamhÅ­ng, North Korea

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Biography

Lee Byung-il (1910-1978) was a South Korean film director and producer. He debuted with Spring on the Korean Peninsula in 1941, when Korea was still under the Japanese rule. His best known film, The Wedding Day, was screened at the Berlin Film Festival - the first Korean film to do so. Today considered a classic, it has been listed as a Registered Cultural Property by the Korean Government in 2007 and chosen by Korea Post to be commemorated in a 2008 special stamps edition together with three other representative films from 1940-60s. His next film, The Love Marriage, won a special comedy award at Asia-Pacific Film Festival. In his later years he was more active as a producer.

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Timeline

1973Aged 63

1967Aged 57

  • Poster for The Freezing Point

    Producer

1962Aged 52

  • Poster for The Way to Seoul

    Producer

1960Aged 50

  • Poster for Entanglements

    Executive Producer

1958Aged 48

  • Poster for The Love Marriage

    Producer

1956Aged 46

  • Poster for The Wedding Day

    Producer

1941Aged 31

  • Poster for Spring of Korean Peninsula

    Writer