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Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature Munyurangabo (2007) was an official selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language.
Lee Isaac Chung. Director: Minari. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking.
Feb 26, 2021 · With “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung tells a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up Korean-American in the heartland. Lee Isaac Chung was on the verge of quitting filmmaking when...
Lee Isaac Chung. Director: Minari. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking.
Jul 17, 2024 · In early 2019, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung had come to terms with the fact his filmmaking career might be over. He’d already recognized the writing on the wall a year earlier and...
Feb 22, 2021 · Feb. 22, 2021 6 AM PT. Many have asked how I got the idea to write “Minari,” and, up to now, I have skirted around the truth. At the risk of sounding like a mystic or a fool, here we go — I’ll...
Jul 15, 2024 · The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker behind that bittersweet and semiautobiographical portrait of South Korean immigrant life in rural Arkansas is now the director of “Twisters” — not a reboot,...
