
Person
Lee Byung-il
Directing · 1910–1978 · Hamhŭng, North Korea
Biography
Lee Byung-il (1910-1978) was a South Korean film director and producer. He debuted with Spring on the Korean Peninsula in 1941, when Korea was still under the Japanese rule. His best known film, The Wedding Day, won a special comedy award at Asia-Pacific Film Festival and was screened at the Berlin Film Festival - the first Korean film to do so. Today considered a classic, it has been listed as a Registered Cultural Property by the Korean Government in 2007 and chosen by Korea Post to be commemorated in a 2008 special stamps edition together with three other representative films from 1940-60s. In his later years he was more active as a producer. Wikipedia contributors. "Lee Byung-il." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 Dec. 2020. Web. 26 May. 2021.
Known for

The Freezing Point
Producer

The Wedding Day
Director
Love and Hatred
Producer

The Love Marriage
Director

Spring of Korean Peninsula
Writer

Entanglements
Executive Producer

The Way to Seoul
Producer
Filmography
- 1973Love and HatredProducer
- 1967The Freezing PointProducer
- 1962The Way to SeoulProducer
- 1960EntanglementsExecutive Producer
- 1958The Love MarriageDirector
- 1956The Wedding DayDirector
- 1941Spring of Korean PeninsulaWriter
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