Mi Yeon Lee

Lee Mi Yeon

  • Name: Lee Mi Yeon
  • Native name: 이미연
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 1963
  • Age: 63
Lee Mi Yeon studied Korean language and literature at Dongduk Women’s University before working from 1986 to 1990 as an acting coach and assistant director in theatre. After studying film directing at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques (ESEC) in Paris, she started her film career in 1996 by working as a script supervisor on Lee Chang Dong’s Green Fish (1996). She then served as executive producer on Kim Jee Won’s debut feature The Quiet Family (1998). She later produced the director’s follow-up The Foul King (2000), before making her own directing debut with melodrama L’Abri (2001). She also contributed the segment Between You and Me in the film anthology If You Were Me 3 (2006).
As one of the founding members of the Women In Film Korea, an association advocating for women’s rights in the Korean film industry, she later assumed the role of director of the group, and also joined the film classification sub-committee of the Korean Film Council. In 2018, she was appointed as the new chairperson of the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB).

(Source: Koreanfilm) Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2006
Movie
5.9
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2002
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Movie
7.2
Executive Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2019
Mate
Mate
Movie
6.4
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
1990
The Tree Blooming with Love Season 2
The Tree Blooming with Love Season 2
Korean Drama, 1990, 37 eps
Yoo Soo In (Support Role)
37
Yoo Soo In
Support Role
0.0
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  • First Name: Mi Yeon
  • Family Name: Lee
  • Native name: 이미연
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 1963
  • Age: 63

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