My mom grew up without a father because he died in the Korean War. And my grandmother, her life was completely upended… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to win an Oscar, of course, but to be in this conversation, it's somehow an honour and a… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I was hitting 40, and I realized I needed to just move on in life and do something practical. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
But I kind of reframed my thinking, where I don't feel like filmmaking is what defines me anymore. Like, I feel like… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Among Korean immigrants the majority tends to be Christian, because that was the way they immigrated to America - through the support… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Insecurities and missteps can plague writers and artists who come from rural places. We worry that our provincial life experiences won't gain… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I had to stop taking myself and the craft that seriously. Somehow I saw the bigger context of life. It's just a… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
'Lucky Life' is my second narrative film. I worked on the idea for 'Lucky Life' while in Rwanda for my first film. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Having parents who are chicken sexers - I had trouble explaining that to kids at school! — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
For a struggling filmmaker running low on ideas, public domain is all we have for adapting books. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
The attention and all the interviews and all that, it has been wild and something that I'm not used to. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I remember when I told my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker, and no longer was I planning to be a doctor,… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There's a constant level of risk in farming that so few movies let you feel. I wanted to show some of that, but also,… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I was so excited when 'Parasite' won the Oscar last year, and part of that was the shared Korean heritage and also it was… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Korean films that will show marital strife, but I'm not sure I've seen so many that will show it… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that I had to establish for myself quite early on was the rule that this is not my… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Any time there is a film in a 'foreign language,' in Spanish or Korean or whatever language, it's usually not an American film. It's… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
I know, it's disturbing that gentle looking people have such violence, but I believe we all have a penchant for violence in us. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
