Lee Myeong-se

Lee Myung-se (; born August 20, 1957) is a South Korean filmmaker.

Lee began his career as an assistant producer under Bae Chang-ho for the films Hwang Jin-I (1986), Our Sweet Days of Youth (1988), and Dream (1990). At the 1991 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, he was awarded Best New Director for the film, Naui Sarang Naui Shinbu, and in 1993 won the Special Jury Award for Cheot Sarang.

Other film credits include Nowhere to Hide (1999) and Duelist (2005).

Filmography Gagman (1989) - writer and director The Dream (Ggum; 1990) - writer My Love, My Bride (Naui sarang naui sinbu; 1990) - writer and director First Love (Cheot sarang; 1993) - writer and director Bitter and Sweet (Namjaui goerowe; 1995) - writer and director Their Last Love Affair (Jidokhan sarang; 1996) - writer and director Nowhere to Hide (Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda; 1999) - writer and director Duelist (Hyeongsa; 2005) - writer, director and Producer M (2007) - writer, director and Producer The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival,

Awards and nominations + Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominated work, and the result of the nomination Year Award Category Nominated Work Result 199012th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New DirectorMy Love, My Bride29th Grand Bell AwardsBest New Director 36th Asian Pacific Film FestivalBest New Director 2nd Chunsa Film FestivalNew Director Award 11th Korean Film Critics Association AwardsBest Screenplay 19931993 38th Asia Pacific Film FestivalSpecial Jury AwardFirst Love 1993 14th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Screenplay 19991999 20th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest PictureNowhere to Hide 20002nd Deauville Asian Film FestivalBest Director 2000 2nd Deauville Asian Film FestivalGrand Prize 14th Fukuoka Asian Film FestivalGrand Prix 200525th Korean Film Critics Association AwardsBest PictureDuelist Best Director Top 10 Film 200642nd Baeksang Arts AwardsFilm Best Director Best Film 200727th Korean Association of Film Critics Award forBest DirectorM 20089th Busan Film Critics Association Award Best Director

Honours

Jury member at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival for its main competition section 'New Currents Award'.