Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker)

{{Short description|South Korean film director and screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lee Byeong-heon

| image = 스물 데뷔 감독의 기막힌 인터뷰 영상 Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker) 2m 27s.png

| caption = Lee in 2015

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|7|23}}

| birth_place = South Korea

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| occupation = Filmmaker

| years_active = 2008–present

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| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 이병헌

| hanja = {{linktext|李|炳|憲}}

| rr = I Byeongheon

| mr = I Pyŏnghŏn

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Lee Byeong-heon ({{korean|hangul=이병헌}}; born 23 July 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Twenty and 2019 film Extreme Job, the latter of which broke the record for the highest-grossing South Korean film.{{cite web|last1=Ahn|first1=Sung-mi|title=Herald Review: Twenty: A sassy celebration of youth|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150325000696|website=The Korea Herald|accessdate=26 March 2015|date=25 March 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Ha|first1=Soo-jung|title=Interview: Director of Film Twenty Talks Kim Woo Bin, Bromance Between Actors and More|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/89524/twenty-director-leebyunghun-interview|website=enewsWorld|accessdate=9 April 2015|date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325013642/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/89524/twenty-director-leebyunghun-interview|archive-date=25 March 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=3516&mode=VIEW|title=Youth Comedy TWENTY Set for Japanese Release}}{{Cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/19/2019021901068.html|title='Extreme Job' Continues Successful Run at Box Office|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}

Filmography

=Film=

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rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Film ! colspan="3" \| Credited as ! rowspan="2" \| Notes
width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Writer ! width="65" \| Producer
2008 \| Scandal Makers \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Adaptation}} \| {{no}} \|
2009 \| Smell \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2011 \| Sunny \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Adaptation}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2012 \| Cheer Up Mr. Lee \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Never Ending Story \| {{no}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2014 \| Tazza: The Hidden Card \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Adaptation}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan=2\|2015 \| Love Forecast \| {{no}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Twenty \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2018 \| What a Man Wants \| {{Yes}} \| {{partial\|Adaptation}} \| {{no}} \|
2019 \| Extreme Job \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2023 \| Dream \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \|
2023 \| Honey Sweet \| {{no}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{Cite web \|title=KMDb - Korean movie database - HoneySweet (Daljjakjigeunhae: 7510) \|url= https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/30359 \|access-date=2023-09-30 \|website=Korean Movie Database \|language=en}}

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rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Film

! colspan="3" | Credited as

! rowspan="2" | Notes

width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

! width="65" | Producer

2008

| Scandal Makers

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{no}}

2009

| Smell

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

2011

| Sunny

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{no}}

rowspan=2| 2012

| Cheer Up Mr. Lee

| {{Yes}}

Never Ending Story

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

2014

| Tazza: The Hidden Card

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{no}}

rowspan=2|2015

| Love Forecast

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

Twenty

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

2018

| What a Man Wants

| {{Yes}}

| {{partial|Adaptation}}

| {{no}}

2019

| Extreme Job

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

2023

| Dream

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

2023

| Honey Sweet

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Cite web |title=KMDb - Korean movie database - HoneySweet (Daljjakjigeunhae: 7510) |url= https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/30359 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Korean Movie Database |language=en}}

=Television series=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Television series ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Film ! colspan="2" \| Credited as ! rowspan="2" \| Notes
width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Writer
2019 \| Be Melodramatic \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{cite web\|last1=Kim\|first1=Eun-jin\|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3066591\|title=On 'Be Melodramatic,' adulting is a joke\|date=August 10, 2019\|website=Korea JoongAng Daily\|access-date=August 11, 2019}}.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Television series

! rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Film

! colspan="2" | Credited as

! rowspan="2" | Notes

width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

2019

| Be Melodramatic

| {{Yes}}

| {{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Eun-jin|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3066591|title=On 'Be Melodramatic,' adulting is a joke|date=August 10, 2019|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=August 11, 2019}}.

=Web series=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Web series ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! colspan="2" \| Title ! colspan="2" \| Credited as ! rowspan="2" \| Notes
English !Korean ! width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Writer
2013 \| Peckish Women \|출출한 여자 - 2화 금기의 맛 \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| web series
2016 \| Be Positive \|긍정이 체질 \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Naver TV Series{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sisaweek.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=78935\|title=삼성, 2016년 웹드라마 10월말 공개… EXO 도경수(디오) 주연\|website=sisaweek.com\|date=25 September 2016 }} Aired at JTBC2 in 2017{{Cite web\|url=http://hubnews.co.kr/m/13/view.php?hnsc=&hnsmc=13&hnsnd=1215148.13\|title='1주년' JTBC2, 웹드 '첫 키스만 일곱 번째' '긍정이 체질' 편성\|website=hubnews.co.kr\|access-date=2017-03-15}}
2022 \| Alice, the Ultimate Weapon \|최종병기 앨리스 \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Watcha original drama
2024 \| Chicken Nugget \| 닭강정 \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Netflix series{{cite web\|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=640&aid=0000029508\|last=Lim\|first=Jeong-won\|title=Actor Ahn Jae-hong, director Lee Byeong-heon to work together on 'Chicken Nugget' Netflix series\|via=Naver\|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily\|date=September 30, 2022\|access-date=October 1, 2022\|archive-date=October 4, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103742/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=640&aid=0000029508\|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/kim-yoo-jung-ahn-jae-hong-and-ryu-seung-ryong-to-star-in-upcoming-netflix-k-drama-3320324\|first=Angela Patricia\|last=Suacillo\|title=Kim Yoo-jung, Ahn Jae-hong and Ryu Seung-ryong to star in upcoming Netflix K-drama\|magazine=NME\|date=September 30, 2022\|access-date=October 1, 2022\|archive-date=October 7, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007233352/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/kim-yoo-jung-ahn-jae-hong-and-ryu-seung-ryong-to-star-in-upcoming-netflix-k-drama-3320324\|url-status=live}}

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|+Web series

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="2" | Title

! colspan="2" | Credited as

! rowspan="2" | Notes

English

!Korean

! width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Writer

2013

| Peckish Women

|출출한 여자 - 2화 금기의 맛

| {{Yes}}

| web series

2016

| Be Positive

|긍정이 체질

| {{Yes}}

| Naver TV Series{{Cite web|url=http://www.sisaweek.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=78935|title=삼성, 2016년 웹드라마 10월말 공개… EXO 도경수(디오) 주연|website=sisaweek.com|date=25 September 2016 }}
Aired at JTBC2 in 2017{{Cite web|url=http://hubnews.co.kr/m/13/view.php?hnsc=&hnsmc=13&hnsnd=1215148.13|title='1주년' JTBC2, 웹드 '첫 키스만 일곱 번째' '긍정이 체질' 편성|website=hubnews.co.kr|access-date=2017-03-15}}

2022

| Alice, the Ultimate Weapon

|최종병기 앨리스

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Watcha original drama

2024

| Chicken Nugget

| 닭강정

| {{Yes}}

| Netflix series{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=640&aid=0000029508|last=Lim|first=Jeong-won|title=Actor Ahn Jae-hong, director Lee Byeong-heon to work together on 'Chicken Nugget' Netflix series|via=Naver|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=September 30, 2022|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103742/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=640&aid=0000029508|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/kim-yoo-jung-ahn-jae-hong-and-ryu-seung-ryong-to-star-in-upcoming-netflix-k-drama-3320324|first=Angela Patricia|last=Suacillo|title=Kim Yoo-jung, Ahn Jae-hong and Ryu Seung-ryong to star in upcoming Netflix K-drama|magazine=NME|date=September 30, 2022|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007233352/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/kim-yoo-jung-ahn-jae-hong-and-ryu-seung-ryong-to-star-in-upcoming-netflix-k-drama-3320324|url-status=live}}

Awards and nominations

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style="width:50px;"\|Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result
{{center\|2012}} \| 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival \| Audience Award \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"\| Smell \| {{nom}}
style="text-align:center"\| 2013 \| 50th Grand Bell Awards \| Best New Director \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"\| Cheer Up Mr. Lee \| {{nom}}
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"\|2015 \| 51st Baeksang Arts Awards \| Best New Director (Film) \| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"\|Twenty \| {{nom}}
52nd Grand Bell Awards \| Best New Director \| {{nom}}
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards \| Best New Director \| {{nom}}
The Korea Film Actors Association Awards \| Best New Director Award \| {{won}}
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"\|2019 \| 21st Udine Far East Film Festival \| Audience Award \| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"\|Extreme Job \| {{won}}
24th Chunsa Film Art Awards \| Director Award \| {{nom}}
8th Buil Film Awards \| Best Director \| {{nom}}
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards \| Best Director \| {{nom}}
8th Korea Best Star Award \| Best Director \| {{won}}
19th Director's Cut Awards \| Director of the Year \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"\|2020 \| 56th Grand Bell Awards \| Best Director \| {{nom}}

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style="width:50px;"|Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

| 38th Seoul Independent Film Festival

| Audience Award

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| Smell

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center"| 2013

| 50th Grand Bell Awards