Lee Isaac Chung
☼ Born on19 janeiro 1978, in Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography:
A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking. He studied film at the University of Utah, earning his MFA in 2004.
Chung's first film, Munyurangabo, premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim. Variety called the film "an astonishing and thoroughly masterful debut;" American critic Roger Ebert called it "a beautiful and powerful film - a masterpiece." His second film, Lucky Life, was developed at the Cinefondation at the Cannes Film Festival and premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and 2010 Torino Film Festival.
Chung resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Valerie. In 2007, he partnered wi
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th local filmmakers in Rwanda to create Almond Tree Films Rwanda, a successful film production company and academy in Rwanda.
In the role of director
Twisters (10/07/2024)
Tal qual sitcoms, débitos universitários e carrinhos para pessoas obesas, os tornados são mais comuns nos Estados Unidos do que em qualquer outro lugar do mundo. Todos os anos, o país é visitado por cerca de quatro vezes mais tornados do que a Europa. São mais de 1200 tornados por ano. São tantos que eles […]