Lee Gae-byok

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Gae-byok (Korean: 이계벽; born September 4, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee debuted with the romantic-comedy The Beast and the Beauty (2005). After a 10-year break, he returned with the 2016 action-comedy film Luck Key, a box office hit with more than 6.9 million admissions.^[1]

Lee Gae-byok
Born	(1971-09-04) September 4, 1971 (age 53) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Film director screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul	이계벽
RR	I Gyebyeok
MR	I Kyebyŏk

Career

Lee was a film major at college when he debuted and won the Silver Prize at the Golden Crown Film Festival with the short I am the Movie. Later, he worked as an assistant director in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003), directed by Park Chan-wook.

Showcasing his interest in movies with humor and wit, his feature debut was a romantic-comedy The Beast and the Beauty (2005). After a 10-year break, he returned with the action-comedy film Luck Key (2016), which is a remake of the 2012 Japanese comedy Key of Life.^[2][3]

In 2018, Lee confirmed to direct a comedy film Cheer Up, Mr. Lee which began filming in June. The film is about unexpected situations that happen during a trip of Chul Soo (Cha Seung-won) and his daughter Saet Byul.^[4]

Filmography

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) - assistant director
• Boss X File (2002) - 1st assistant director
• Oldboy (2003) - 1st assistant director, script editor
• The Beast and the Beauty (2005) - director
• Nobody Knows (short film, 2006) - director
• 09:05 (short film, 2006) - director
• Couples (2011) - screenwriter, 1st assistant director
• South Bound (2013) - screenwriter
• Luck Key (2016) - director
• Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2019) - director