Lee Mo-gae

South Korean film director and screenwriter

Lee Mo-gae
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2003–present
Notable work	A Tale of Two Sisters, April Snow, Traces of Love


Korean name
Hangul	이모개
Revised Romanization	Lee Mogae
McCune–Reischauer	Lee Mokae

Lee Mo-gae is a South Korean and an Asia Pacific Screen Award-winning cinematographer known for his work in A Tale of Two Sisters, Traces of Love, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and many other films.^[1]

Filmography

Feature films

Feature film credits
Year	Title		Director	Notes
Year	English	Korean	Director	Notes
2003	A Tale of Two Sisters	장화, 홍련	Kim Jee-woon
2004	Springtime
2004	The Wolf Returns
2005	April Snow		Hur Jin-ho
2006	Traces of Love
2008	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈	Kim Jee-woon
2010	Secret Reunion
2010	I Saw the Devil	악마를 보았다	Kim Jee-woon
2011	My Way
2015	The Tiger	대호	Park Hoon-jung
2016	The Age of Shadows	밀정	Kim Jee-woon
2016	Asura: The City of Madness		Kim Sung-su	^[2]^[3]^[4]
2018	Illang: The Wolf Brigade	인랑	Kim Jee-woon
2013	Way Back Home
2014	No Tears for the Dead
2015	C'est si bon
2017	The Battleship Island
2019	Bring Me Home
2021	Seo Bok
2022	Hunt		Lee Jung-jae
2022	Emergency Declaration		Han Jae-rim
2023	12.12: The Day		Kim Sung-su	^[5]
2024	Exhuma		Jang Jae-hyun

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, recipient(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award	Year	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Asian Film Awards	2024	Best Cinematography	12.12: The Day	Nominated	^[6]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2024	Technical Award	Lee Mo-gae (Cinematography)	Nominated	^[7]^[8]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2023	Technical Award	Lee Mo-gae	Won	^[9]^[10]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2022	Best Cinematography and Lighting	Lee Mo-gae, Lee Sung-hwan	Won	^[11]
27th Buil Film Awards	2018	Best Cinematography	Illang: The Wolf Brigade	Nominated	^[12]
23rd Busan Film Critics Association Awards	2022	Technical Award	Hunt	Won
Grand Bell Awards	2022	Best Cinematography	Hunt	Nominated	^[13]
Grand Bell Awards	2022	Best Cinematography	Lee Mo-gae, Park Jong-Chul	Nominated	^[14]^[15]
Korean Film Producers Association Award	2022	Filmmaking, Arts, and Editing Awards	Lee Mo-gae, Park Il-hyun and Kim Sang-beum	Won	^[16]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Korean Cinematographers Guild^[17]	2018	21 Cinematographers with excellent cinematography	Placed	^[18]

Reference

^ "KOFICE".
^ "'Asura' expected to draw big crowds". 28 September 2016.
^ "Crime-filled thriller 'Asura' dominates box office".
^ "'Asura' to open across North America". 11 October 2016.
^ Lee Ha-neul (October 16, 2023). "황정민·정우성 '서울의 봄', 12·12 군사 반란 속 일촉즉발 상황…11월 22일 개봉" [Hwang Jeong-min and Jung Woo-sung's 'Spring of Seoul', a close call amid the 12/12 military rebellion... Released on November 22nd] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ Lee, Edmund (January 12, 2024). "Asian Film Awards 2024 nominations in full: Evil Does Not Exist and 12.12: The Day lead the field; 2 Hong Kong movies earn nods in 3 categories". South China Morning Post. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ Lee, Seung-hoon (May 7, 2024). '무빙'→'서울의 봄' 대상..'파묘'는 4관왕 [제60회 백상예술대상][종합] ['Moving' → 'Seoul Spring' Grand Prize..'Buried Grave' wins 4 awards [60th Baeksang Arts Awards] [Comprehensive]]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024 – via Naver.
^ Hwang, So-young (April 8, 2024). 60회 맞은 '백상예술대상' TV·영화·연극 후보 공개 [60th 'Baeksang Arts Awards' TV, Film and Theater Candidates Revealed]. JTBC News (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024 – via Naver.
^ Cho Yeon-kyung (April 7, 2023). "제59회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 최종 후보 공개" [59th Baeksang Arts Awards, TV/Film/Play Finalists Revealed] (in Korean). JTBC. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ Park Soo-in (April 29, 2023). "'헤어질 결심' 대상→더 글로리' 3관왕, 이변 없는 수상[백상예술대상①]" ['Decision to break up' Daesang→The Glory' 3 crowns, no surprises [Baeksang Arts Awards ①]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Naver.
^ Yang Yu-jin (November 25, 2022). "'헤어질 결심', 청룡 휩쓸었다…박해일X탕웨이 주연상→작품상까지 6관왕 영예 [종합]" [Decision to break up', Blue Dragon swept... Park Hae-il X Tang Wei Actor Award → Best Picture Award, 6 crowns [Comprehensive]]. My Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022 – via Naver.
^ [23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
^ Park, Jae-hwan (October 12, 2022). "제 58회 대종상 영화제 내달 9일 개최... '헌트' 12개, '헤어질 결심' - '한산' 11개 부분 노미네이트" [The 58th Daejong Film Festival to be held on the 9th of next month... 12 nominations for 'Hunt', 'Decision to break up' - 11 parts for 'Hansan]. KBS Media (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Park, Jae-hwan (October 12, 2022). "제 58회 대종상 영화제 내달 9일 개최... '헌트' 12개, '헤어질 결심' - '한산' 11개 부분 노미네이트" [The 58th Daejong Film Festival to be held on the 9th of next month... 12 nominations for 'Hunt', 'Decision to break up' - 11 parts for 'Hansan] (in Korean). KBS Media. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Han Hyeon-jeong (December 9, 2022). "'대종상' 작품상은 '헤어질 결심'..박해일·염정아 주연상[종합]" ['Daejongsang' Best Picture is 'Decision to break up'..Park Hae-il · Yeom Jung-ah Best Actor]. Maeil Economy (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ Kim Kyung-hee (December 5, 2022). "한국영화제작가협회상, 마동석-탕웨이 주연상, 이정재 감독상 수상" [Korean Film Producers Association Award, Ma Dong-seok-Tang Wei Best Actor Award, Lee Jung-jae Best Director Award]. iMBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "[영화人] 남기진 한국영화촬영감독조합 사무국장". 씨네21 (in Korean). 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
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