Lee Kwang-hoon (born 1959) is a South Korean filmmaker who has directed four feature-length films.

Education and career

Lee was born in South Korea in 1959, and studied at Sogang University for his Bachelor of Arts and in

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to get his Master of Arts. He was the assistant director for ''

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'' and also appeared as an extra. His first movie ''Doctor Bong'' was the biggest success in box office in Korea in 1995. Lee's 1999 film '' Ghost in Love (Jaguimo)'' was one of the leading films in the "new wave" of Korean cinema around the turn of the millennium designed to produce blockbusters to rival

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. In 2008 Lee was involved in controversy when he accused Kim Tae-kyun, the director of '' Crossing'', of plagiarism.

References

South Korean film directors Sogang University alumni Living people 1959 births {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub