Lee Sung-gang

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Lee Sung-gang
Born (1962-10-25) October 25, 1962 (age 61)
Education Yonsei University - Psychology
Occupations
Years active1995-present
Korean name
Hangul
이성강
Hanja
Revised Romanization I Seong-gang
McCune–Reischauer I Sǒnggang

Lee Sung-gang (born October 25, 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is recognized for the lyricism in his animated films, the best known of which are My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002) and Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007).

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Career

Lee Sung-gang entered Yonsei university in 1981 and graduated with a Psychology degree from Yonsei University in 1991. Lee was originally part of a Minjung art collective called Ganeunpae (Korean : 가는패) in the 1980s. [1] He started his career as an animator in 1995 under the korean animation group Dal [2] by directing numerous animated short films such as Soul, Lovers, Umbrella, and Ashes in the Thicket. He debuted as a feature-length animation director with My Beautiful Girl, Mari in 2002. For his sophomore effort, he directed the live-action feature film Texture of Skin in 2005 (which received a theatrical release in 2007). [3] He returned to animation in 2007, with Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox . [4]

Lee was awarded at the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Grand Prix, Best Feature Film) in 2002, Animafest Zagreb (Special Award) in 2004, and Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Certificate of Excellence Prize) in 2005. [5] [6]

Filmography

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