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Lee Kyoung-mi

Lee Kyoung-mi

Director and writer · Born December 1, 1973 (52) · South Korea

Critics Choice Award nominee

Lee Kyoung-mi (Korean: 이경미 born December 1973) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She was born in Seoul, and graduated with a Russian degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. After working at a company for three years, she entered the School of Film, TV & Multimedia of the Korea National University of Arts, graduating with a major in Filmmaking in 2004. Her short film Feel Good Story, about an employee given the task of figuring out how her company can evade paying taxes, garnered several awards in the film festival circuit in 2004. Lee made her feature directorial debut with Crush and Blush (2008), a black comedy about an obsessive teacher and an outcast student who bond over their shared misanthropy; a critic called it "one of those rare films from an up-and-coming auteur that shows both guts and playfulness." It was the first film to be produced by Park Chan-wook; Lee had previously worked as a scripter/assistant director on Park's 2005 film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Crush and Blush premiered at the 13th Busan International Film Festival, and was released in theaters on October 16, 2008. Lee won Best New Director and Best Screenplay at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2008.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 1, 1973 (52)
From
South Korea
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 10% in 30 days

What are Lee Kyoung-mi's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
31%
Self
26%
Morality
20%
Bonds
15%
Society
8%
Trauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
1
Absurd
1
Thrilling
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lee Kyoung-mi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Kyoung-mi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Project 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • No Other Choice(2025)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The School Nurse Files(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Persona(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • The Lady from 406 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • The Truth Beneath(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Berlin File(2013)

    as NIS Office Analyst

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Unjust(2010)

    as Forensic Examiner

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Crush and Blush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance(2005)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Feel Good Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • Audition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2003 to 2026.

Biggest box office

No Other Choice (2025)

$40M worldwide

Highest rated

No Other Choice (2025)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 12: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting8 of 12: 1 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting8 of 12: 1 only writing, 7 with another roleOther crew2 of 12: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s5 · 2 acting · 3 crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

Nominated for a Critics Choice Award in 2026, Best Adapted Screenplay.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

Who does Lee Kyoung-mi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Kyoung-mi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Park Chan-wook shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors