Known for

Directing

Born

Oct 19, 1978 (48 years old)

Place of birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Lee Isaac Chung

Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature, Munyurangabo (2007), was officially selected at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. Chung gained fame for directing the semi-autobiographical film Minari (2020), for which he received numerous major awards and nominations, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and  Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards. In 2023, he directed an episode in the third season of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, and 2024, he directed the blockbuster disaster film Twisters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Isaac Chung, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Titles

The Daily Show

Series • 1996

The Mandalorian

Series • 2019

The Mandalorian and Grogu

Movie • 2026

Twisters

Movie • 2024

The Oscars

Series • 1953

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Series • 2024

On the Go with Gabe

Series • 2024

Minari

Movie • 2020

Munyurangabo

Movie • 2008

Abigail Harm

Movie • 2013

Lucky Life

Movie • 2010