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Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature Munyurangabo (2007) was an official selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language.
Twisters is a 2024 American disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, based on a story by Joseph Kosinski.Serving as a standalone sequel to Twister (1996), the film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane.Its story follows a group of storm chasers who attempt to launch barrels of sodium polyacrylate ...
Lee Isaac Chung. Director: Minari. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking. He studied film at the University of Utah, earning his MFA in 2004. Chung's first film, Munyurangabo, premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film ...
Minari (Korean: 미나리; lit. water celery; ) is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung.The film stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton.A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, its plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who move to rural Arkansas during the 1980s.
Jul 17, 2024 · Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images. In early 2019, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung had come to terms with the fact his filmmaking career might be over. He’d already recognized the writing on the ...
Feb 26, 2021 · With “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung tells a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up Korean-American in the heartland. Lee Isaac Chung was on the verge of quitting filmmaking when he decided to ...
Feb 22, 2021 · Awards. Some unusual guidance is behind writing ‘Minari.’. Director Lee Isaac Chung explains. “Minari” writer-director Lee Isaac Chung. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) By Lee Isaac ...
Jul 14, 2024 · Justin Chang interviews Lee Isaac Chung, the director of the Oscar-winning drama “Minari,” about his new film “Twisters,” based on the 1996 blockbuster “Twister.”
Mar 3, 2021 · Director Lee Isaac Chung's inspiration for Minari, his semi-autobiographical film about a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas, began with a list. Chung had been ...
Lee Isaac Chung. Director: Minari. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking. He studied film at the University of Utah, earning his MFA in 2004. Chung's first film, Munyurangabo, premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film ...
