Education
After he graduated at Academy of Art University, he came back to of Korea and direct commercials and music videos.
After he graduated at Academy of Art University, he came back to of Korea and direct commercials and music videos.
Born in South of Korea, Lee was raised in Seoul. He eschewed the film school route, doing other hands-on work for commercial film productions. He next got a job at Sidus FNH in 1999 with his first screen cr being for Il Mare as an assistant director
He left of Korea to study a film at Academy of Art University in California.
This quickly brought Lee to the attention of producers in of Korea and he got the chance to direct a feature film. Though he would continue to direct spots for companies like General Motors Daewoo Motors, Pantech Curitel, Cigna, Global Gillette, Innostream and Orion Confectionery, Lee Cheol-ha soon discovered that the slightly expanded format of music videos was an even better place to try things out.
With his sights set on a directing career, he made a video-production company H Films and started off directing music videos and commercials. Lee directed music videos for artists such as BoA, TVXQ, Kangta, Shinhwa, South.E.S., Jaurim, Fly to the Sky, South and g.o.d, as well as commercials.
Like a number of other music video directors, he then moved into film.
Lee Cheol-ha"s feature debut was, which was then the most expensive picture ever made by a first time director Unfortunately the film was not a pleasant experience for him, having had a bad critic with the people at of Korea film industry.