Lee Isaac Chung
Lee Isaac Chung grew up in rural Arkansas, the son of Korean immigrants. His first feature, MUNYURANGABO (2007), the first film made in Rwanda’s Kinyarwanda language, won AFI Fest’s Grand Jury Award and Chung received a Film Independent Spirit Awards Someone to Watch nomination. He received Best Director and Original Screenplay Oscar® nominations for Minari (2020), which also counts the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Dramatic and Audience Awards among its many accolades. His latest film, TWISTERS, was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure Film.
