Lee Myung-se is a South Korean film director known for his highly distinctive approach to cinematic time and space. His interest in filmmaking began in high school, when a deep curiosity about the meaning of life led him toward cinema. After graduating from university, he entered the film industry as part of director Kim Soo-yong’s directing team. Lee’s films are often recognized for their dreamlike, fairy-tale sense of reality and for their visually expressive style. Rather than following conventional realism, he reinterprets the world through his own cinematic perspective, creating a unique film language within Korean cinema. His continued experimentation across genres has made him an important auteur figure in the history of South Korean film.