PRODUCTION
DESIGNER.
Questions in images.
Stories in spaces.
Lee Byoung Don works across film directing and production design. His practice begins with the relationship between people, objects and the spaces they inhabit.
He wrote and directed Born to Fly, a short film about individuality within an education system. His production design credits include The Day of Graduation, Hole Sweet Home, Best Record 798 and FEED.
DIRECTOR’S
STATEMENT.
I try to begin with what a character feels, what they want, and why they act. With their emotions and choices at the center, I shape the flow of feeling through images, spaces, movement, and the rhythm of editing. I seek to make films in which a character’s inner life and the visual world deepen one another.
I believe filmmaking is a shared practice, shaped by creators with different kinds of expertise. I value each department’s perspective and hope a finished film can find new meanings through each viewer’s experience. I aim to give its emotional journey a precise form while leaving room for audiences to interpret it for themselves.
TO FLY
Born to Fly
In a school that gives everyone the same wings,
can you find your own way to fly?
Jeongbeen is an exemplary student, close to his metamorphosis. An unexpected change in his friend Seongho makes him question the school’s rigid model of growth. As he follows his own dreams and his grades slip, he faces a choice about who to become.
FILMOGRAPHY
A QUESTION.
A FILM.FROM BORN TO FLY, 2024
OFF SCREEN.
INTERVIEWS & RECORDSOn the responsibility of directing
An interview with Lee Byoung Don
In conversation: the short film competition
Born to Fly and the education system
CILECT Prize · CAPA Fiction Grand Prize
Recognition for Born to Fly
LET’S MAKE
SOMETHING
MEANINGFUL.
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