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Lee Isaac Chung is an American filmmaker of Korean descent. He is known for his films Munyurangabo, Minari, and Twisters, and for directing an episode of The Mandalorian.
Jul 14, 2024 · Justin Chang interviews Lee Isaac Chung, the director of the Oscar-winning drama “Minari,” about his new film “Twisters,” based on the 1996 blockbuster “Twister.”
- Childhood Memories
- Telling Personal Stories
- The Politics of The Awards Circuit
- Love in A Hopeless Place
Part of Minari's charm is its specificity, blending a fictional tale with details from Chung's life. Like the boundlessly enthusiastic seven-year-old David (played by newcomer Alan S. Kim), Chung spent time as a child in rural Arkansas, in the 80s; like David, he grew up with a heart murmur. Transferring his childhood to screen was a "strange, cath...
In a landscape that favours neatly packaged narratives over more complex ambiguity, the path for non-white filmmakers can seem pre-ordained: make work that hinges on your identity, offering up your lived experience to a broad audience. It's a pressure Chung has resisted since his 2007 debut Munyurangaboo, which was shot on location in Rwanda and fo...
Despite Minari's rapturous reception — picking up a suite of nominations since its Sundance premiere, including the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards — the film's awards journey hasn't been smooth sailing. In December, the Golden Globes determined that it would be ineligible ...
Minari tracks the tribulations of its core family — a marriage in hot water, monetary woes, and the difficulties of adjusting to rural America as a clan of outsiders — but it's careful not to mine them for pity. Instead, it's filled with unexpected moments of comedy, many of them from grandma Soon-ja's raucous (and often crass) refusal to conform t...
Jun 14, 2024 · Lee Isaac Chung in May 2024 (Photograph by Philip Cheung for The Atlantic) Chung is an unlikely choice for the job. His previous movies have mostly been quiet character studies.
Mar 2, 2021 · March 2, 2021 4:15 PM EST. O ne of the most memorable moments of Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony was when Lee Isaac Chung’s daughter jumped into his arms. After Gal Gadot announced that ...
Box office. $15.5 million [ 4 ][ 5 ] Minari (Korean : 미나리 ; lit. water celery; [minaɾi]) is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, its plot follows a family of South ...
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Feb 24, 2021 · Lee Isaac Chung's new film Minari takes its name from a leafy, edible plant that grows seemingly everywhere in East Asia. And the film, even when it's planted in the U.S., it flourishes.
