Joon-ik Lee

Joon-ik Lee studied painting at Sejong University. In 1993, he established the production company Cineworld Picture, and directed his first film Hwangsanbul in 2003. With the King and the Clown, for his second movie which bringing in 12.3 million viewers, Lee Joon-ik became one of the leading directors of South Korea. In movies such as Radio Star, The Happy Life, Sunny, Blades of Blood, Battlefield Heroes and Hope, he has shown outstanding skills as a director jumping back and forth between period pieces and films set in the modern era. In 2015, he has returned with a classic period drama in "The Throne" which is his ninth feature.

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