After majoring in economics, LEE Dong-eun won Best Screenplay in 2013 from the annual spring literary contest held by newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. Thanks to another screenplay, LEE was among the first admitted to the film school established by production company Myung Film, which accompanied him throughout the production of his project. Filmed in 2016, his debut film <In Between Seasons> was invited to the Busan International Film Festival that year, where it received the KNN...More

After majoring in economics, LEE Dong-eun won Best Screenplay in 2013 from the annual spring literary contest held by newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. Thanks to another screenplay, LEE was among the first admitted to the film school established by production company Myung Film, which accompanied him throughout the production of his project. Filmed in 2016, his debut film <In Between Seasons> was invited to the Busan International Film Festival that year, where it received the KNN Audience Award. It was eventually released in 2018. Just a few months later, LEE released his sophomore feature <Mothers>, based on the script that won Dong-A Ilbo’s contest. Starring IM Su-jeong, it was met with critical acclaim and won the NETPAC Award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. Also in 2018, he completed filming on his third film, <You and Me Both>. The scenarios of all his films were turned into graphic novels by JEONG Yi-yong prior to their respective film adaptations.Less