biography

Majoring in women’s studies, LEE Suk-gyung worked as a feminist planner in art and culture, and also worked as a broadcaster and publisher. At the age of 45, she enrolled in Korean Academy of Film Arts and started her career as a film director. Her first feature film The Day After received the NETPAC award at Berlin Film Festival 2009, and her feature-length documentary Wandering Stars won the Ock Rang Award at the 13th Seoul International Women’s Film Festival. She planned and co-produced the omnibus film What to Say with other female directors. Working on both documentary and feature film, she is carrying on feminist filmmaking.