Lee Gae-byok

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee .

Lee Gae-byok
Born	(1971-09-04) September 4, 1971 (age 53) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Film director screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul	이계벽
Revised Romanization	I Gyebyeok
McCune–Reischauer	I Kyebyŏk

Lee Gae-byok (born September 4, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee debuted with the romantic-comedy The Beast and the Beauty (2005). After a 10-year break, he returned with the 2016 action-comedy film Luck Key , a box office hit with more than 6.9 million admissions. ^[1]

Career

Lee was a film major at college when he debuted and won the Silver Prize at the Golden Crown Film Festival with the short I am the Movie. Later, he worked as an assistant director in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003), directed by Park Chan-wook.

Showcasing his interest in movies with humor and wit, his feature debut was a romantic-comedy The Beast and the Beauty (2005). After a 10-year break, he returned with the action-comedy film Luck Key (2016), which is a remake of the 2012 Japanese comedy Key of Life . ^{[2] [3]}

In 2018, Lee confirmed to direct a comedy film Cheer Up, Mr. Lee which began filming in June. The film is about unexpected situations that happen during a trip of Chul Soo (Cha Seung-won) and his daughter Saet Byul. ^[4]

Filmography

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) - assistant director
• Boss X File (2002) - 1st assistant director
• Oldboy (2003) - 1st assistant director, script editor
• The Beast and the Beauty (2005) - director
• Nobody Knows (short film, 2006) - director
• 09:05 (short film, 2006) - director
• Couples (2011) - screenwriter, 1st assistant director
• South Bound (2013) - screenwriter
• Luck Key (2016) - director
• Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2019) - director

References

1. Jin, Min-ji (24 October 2016). "Luck-Key keeps Inferno from top of the charts". Korea JoongAng Daily . Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
2. "LEE Gae-byok". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
3. Kim, Hyun-jung (12 October 2015). "YOO Hae-jin and LEE Joon's KEY OF LIFE Began to Shoot". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
4. Kim Ji-hye (26 June 2018). "차승원, 코미디로 컴백…'힘을 내요, 미스터 리' 촬영 시작". SBS News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-24.

External links

• Lee Gae-byok at the Korean Movie Database
• Lee Gae-byok at IMDb
• Lee Gae-byok at HanCinema