Deon Lee (

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: 디온 리) is a South Korean born composer known for his works on films ''

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''. Upon graduating from

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with a scholarship, he has worked with

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as an assistant composer for the television movie ''

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'' which premiered on

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. In 2008, Lee was asked to score for the Taiwanese film '' Blue Brave: The Legend of Formosa in 1895'' (a.k.a. '' 一八九五'') which was released and distributed by

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Taiwan and has aired on

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TV stations. The movie won the Best Drama Series Award at the 14th

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and was chosen the best 10 films of the

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that year.

Filmography

Films

Awards and nominations

Lee was the recipient of the Best Soundtrack Award and appeared as a special guest with Stephen McEveety at the 4th Pan Pacific Film Festival in 2011. His music was nominated at the 1st International Fashion Film Awards in La Jolla, California, where his original score to the dance film ''Lilith'' by Eric Chang won the Best Creative Concept Award at the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival. In 2014, ''Badbug'', a South Korean drama thriller short film he had scored won the Best Comics-Oriented Award at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.Korea Times 디온 리 음악감독 영화 ‘파파’ 중·미 전역 개봉
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References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Deon 1982 births Berklee College of Music alumni USC Thornton School of Music alumni South Korean film score composers Musicians from Seoul Living people