Lee-Song Hee-il

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee-Song.
Lee-Song Hee-il
Born1971 (1971) (age 53)
South Korea
NationalityKorean
OccupationFilm director

Lee-Song Hee-il (Korean: 이송희일; Hanja: 李宋喜一; born 1971) is a South Korean film director whose first feature film No Regret is regarded as "the first real Korean gay feature."[1] The film won him Best Independent Film Director at the 2006 Director's Cut Awards.[2] Lee-Song is openly gay.[3][4][5][6]

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  2. ^ "Hong Sang-soo Named Best Director Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine". KBS Global, 22 December 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  3. ^ Huh, Nam-woong (4 February 2013). "Director of WHITE NIGHT LEESONG Hee-il: Next Step is Commercial Film". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ^ Lee, Eun-sun (16 November 2012). "LEESONG Hee-il's 3-Part Queer Series". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. ^ Song, Soon-jin (28 January 2014). "LEESONG Hee-il, Director of NIGHT FLIGHT: "This is a Film about Loneliness"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ^ Leesong, Hee-il (28 February 2014). "BERLIN REPORT from LEESONG Hee-il, Director of NIGHT FLIGHT". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 1 April 2015.