Lee Jeong-beom (born September 21, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for such films as Cruel Winter Blues (2006) and The Man from Nowhere (2010). With more than 6 million admissions and a revenue of ₩47.1 billion, The Man from Nowhere was the best-selling film (domestic and foreign) in Korea in 2010.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 21, 1971 (55)
- South Korea
- Writer and director, also producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Lee Jeong-beom's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lee Jeong-beom's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Lee Jeong-beom's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Rocky Handsome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
No Tears for the Dead(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Way Back Home(2013)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Blade and Petal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Man from Nowhere(2010)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Cruel Winter Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Man from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Man from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 7 of them dated from 2006 to 2019.
Biggest box office
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019)
Highest rated
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Lee Jeong-beom's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 56/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lee Jeong-beom work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lee Jeong-beom's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Mo-gae shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Kim Hee-wonShared titles: No Tears for the Dead (2014), The Man from Nowhere (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Hee-won
Composers and cinematographers
- Lee Mo-gaeShared titles: Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), No Tears for the Dead (2014), Way Back Home (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Lee Mo-gae
- Yong-rock ChoiShared titles: Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), No Tears for the Dead (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Yong-rock Choi
Producers
- Baek Hyun-ikShared titles: Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), No Tears for the Dead (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Baek Hyun-ik
- Joo-Hyun LeeShared titles: Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), No Tears for the Dead (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Joo-Hyun Lee
- Sung-woo KimShared titles: Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), No Tears for the Dead (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Sung-woo Kim