What is Lee Chang-dong?
{{Orphan|date=October 2011}} {{Korean name|Lee}} {{Infobox person |name=Lee Chang-dong |image=Lee Chang-dong 2009.jpg |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|7|4}} |birth_place=[[Daegu]], [[South Korea]] |module={{Infobox Korean name|child=yes |hangul=이창동 |hanja=李滄東 |rr=I Chang-dong |mr=I Ch'angdong}} }} '''Lee Chang-dong''' (born July 4, 1954) is a [[South Korea]]n [[movie director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[novelist]]. He won the 2008 Special Director's Prize at the [[Asian Film Awards]] and has been nominated for the [[Golden Lion]] and [[Palme d'Or]]. Lee was South Korea's [[Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism|Minister of Culture and Tourism]] from 2003 to 2004. He graduated in 1981 with a degree in Korean Literature from [[Kyungpook National University]] in [[Daegu]]. After a teaching [[Korean Language]] in high school using his major, he established himself as a renowned novelist. Later in his career, to the surprise of many, he turned to movie making. Lee did not study movie making before starting movie making. He penned two screenplays, [[Park Kwang-su]]'s ''[[To the Starry Island]]'' in 1993 and ''[[A Single Spark]]'' in 1995. Lee then directed ''[[Green Fish]]'' in 1997. In 2000, Lee made ''[[Peppermint Candy]]''. It is a story following a single man in reverse [[chronology]] through 20 years of [[South Korea]]n history. All of his movies have received critical acclaim and awards. ''[[Oasis (2002 movie)|Oasis]]'', a story involving a mentally ill man and a woman with [[cerebral palsy]], won the prestigious Director's Award at the 2003 [[Venice Film Festival]]. He is very good at expressing the plain life of ordinary people on the screen. He also maintains popularity even though sometimes he makes stories about serious social problems. He served as the minister of Culture and Tourism in the South Korean Government from 2003 to 2004. == Filmography == * ''[[To the Starry Island]]'' (1993) *screenplay * ''[[A Single Spark]]'' (1995) *screenplay * ''[[Green Fish]]'' (1997) * ''[[Peppermint Candy