Lee Chang-dong (; Hanja: 李滄東; born July 4, 1954) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He has directed six feature films: "Green Fish" (1997), "Peppermint Candy" (2000), "Oasis" (2002), "Secret Sunshine" (2007), "Poetry" (2010), and "Burning" (2018). "Burning" became the first Korean film to make it to the 91st Academy Awards' final nine-film shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film. "Burning" also won the Fipresci International Critics' Prize at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film in Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Best Foreign Language Film in Toronto Film Critics Association.