Lee Jang-soo (television director)

Born5 April 1960 (age 65)

South Korea

OthernamesLee Jang-su

EducationInha University – Bachelor of Civil Engineering (grad. 1982)
Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology – General Theology (grad. 2009)

Occupation(s)Director, producer, businessperson

Lee Jang-soo
Born	(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960 (age 65) South Korea
Other names	Lee Jang-su
Education	Inha University – Bachelor of Civil Engineering (grad. 1982) Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology – General Theology (grad. 2009)
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, businessperson
Years active	1991–present
Agent	Logos Film
Known for	Heaven Trilogy (Beautiful Days, Stairway to Heaven, Tree of Heaven)

Korean name
Hangul	이장수
Hanja	李章洙
RR	I Jangsu
MR	I Changsu

Lee Jang-soo (Korean: 이장수; born 5 April 1960) is a South Korean television director and producer. He is the founder of the production company Logos Film.^[1]

Drama director for SBS and MBC
Freelance Director for TV Series and Film
Director and Producer of Logos Film

Personal life

Lee is a practicing Christian. As seen in Logos Film's SaraminHR profile, the reason of its foundation in 2000 was to produce just Christianity-related content.^[2]

Awards

2017 10th Korea Drama Awards, Best Producer「Good Manager」
2017 Broadcast Promotion Merit Award, Presidential Citation
2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards, Best TV Drama Series「Good Doctor」
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards, Best TV Drama Series「My Husband got a Family」
2011 Commendation from the minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
2004 2nd Andre Kim Best Star Awards「Stairway to Heaven」
2002 SBS Evaluation Award (The Second Half of the Year), Best TV Show「Shooting a Star」
2001 SBS Evaluation Award (The First Half of the Year), Best TV Show「Beautiful Days」
1998 34th Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Director for TV Series「Sae Ki」
1998 34th Baeksang Arts Awards, Grand Prix for TV Series「Sae Ki」
1997 30th World Fest Houston Gold Award for「Beef Soup」
1996 The New York Festival Finalist Award for「Beef Soup」
1995 28th World Fest Houston Merit-Finalist for 「Light the Candles」
1993 SBS Evaluation Award (The Fourth Quarter), Best Director「Light the Candles」
1992 SBS Evaluation Award (Second quarter), Best Director「Marigold Flower」
1990 MBC Evaluation Award (The Third Quarter), Best TV Show「The Woman」
1988 Korean Lyric Awards, Beautiful Lyric Award for 「The Child」

v t e Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television
1970s	- (1974)^* - (1975)^* - (1976)^* - (1977)^* - (1978)^* Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (I Sell Happiness) (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (A Lonely Affair) (1980) Ulhwa (1981) A Life-sized Buddha (1982) Winds of Change (1983) The Five Indian Kingdoms (1984) Korea's Butterflies (1985) Shin Bong-seung (500 Years of Joseon Dynasty) (1986) The Boil (1987) Love and Ambition (1988) Kim Hye-ja (Winter Mist and Sand Castle) (1989)
1990s	Peace, the Arduous Way to Go and Tree Blooming with Love (1990) The Second Republic (1991) Eyes of Dawn (1992) Go Doo-shim (My Husband's Woman) and Kim Hee-ae (Sons and Daughters) (1993) Park Chul (My Mother's Sea) (1994) Sandglass (1995) Korea's Reptiles (1996) The Most Beautiful Goodbye (1997) Lee Jang-soo (Offspring) (1998) Jang Soo-bong (When Time Flows) (1999)
2000s	Kuk-hee (2000) Kim Soo-hyun (The Aspen Tree) (2001) Taejo Wang Geon (2002) All In (2003) Kim Hee-ae (Perfect Love) (2004) Lovers in Paris (2005) My Lovely Sam Soon (2006) Jumong (2007) Kang Ho-dong (2 Days & 1 Night) (2008) Kim Hye-ja (Mom's Dead Upset) (2009)
2010s	Go Hyun-jung (Queen Seondeok) (2010) Hyun Bin (Secret Garden) (2011) Deep Rooted Tree (2012) Yoo Jae-suk (Infinite Challenge, Running Man and Happy Together) (2013) Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star) (2014) Na Yeong-seok (Grandpas Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day) (2015) Descendants of the Sun (2016) Kim Eun-sook (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) (2017) Stranger (2018) Kim Hye-ja (The Light in Your Eyes) (2019)
2020s	When the Camellia Blooms (2020) Yoo Jae-suk (Hangout with Yoo, Sixth Sense) (2021) Squid Game (2022) Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) (2023) Moving (2024) Culinary Class Wars (2025)
^* awarded to theatrical play or film

Lee Jang-soo (television director)

Personal life

Awards

Works

As director

Television

Film

As writer

Book

As producer

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