Lee Cheol-ha

Lee Cheol-ha is a South Korean film director known for his stylish portraits of the human experience. Born in South Korea and raised in Seoul, he skipped film school at first and did hands-on work for commercial film productions. He took a job at Sidus FNH in 1999, where his first screen credit was as an assistant director on Il Mare, then studied film at the Academy of Art University in California, where one of his short films won first place at the College Emmy Awards. Back in Korea he directed commercials and music videos, founded the video production company H Films, and directed videos for artists such as BoA, TVXQ, Kangta, Shinhwa and S.E.S. His feature debut was Love Me Not (2006), then the most expensive picture made by a first-time director in Korea.