Lee Joon-ik (born September 21, 1959) is a South Korean

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and producer. He is best known for directing and producing '' King and the Clown'' (2005), one of the highest grossing Korean films of all time. Other notable films include '' Sunny'' (2008), ''

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'' (2013), '' The Throne'' (2015), '' Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet'' (2016), and '' The Book of Fish'' (2021).

Filmography

Film

Television

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* * * 1959 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean film producers South Korean male film actors Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (Film) winners {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub