Shinho Lee (born 1977) is a South Korean screenwriter and arts professor in Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
[1][2][3] The remake rights to the film were bought by Warner Bros. with Leonardo DiCaprio named as a potential star.
[5][6][7] He also wrote “Sayonara Itsuka (サヨナライツカ, Saying Good-bye, Oneday)[8][9]” (based on the novel by Hitonari Tsuji) that stars Miho Nakayama from Shunji Iwai’s “Love Letter (1995 film)”.
His other work includes a number of plays and screenplays: “Last September” (screenplay, to be produced by Terence Chang (“Red Cliff (film)”, “Face/Off”, "Mission: Impossible 2")), “Tokyo Year Zero” (screenplay, based on the novel by David Peace (“The Damned Utd”)), “The Red Snow” (screenplay, the Winner of The 2003 Harley-Merrill International Screenwriting Award[10][11] sponsored by MPA and RKO Pictures and The 2002 CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) Foundation’s New Writers Award sponsored by The 20th Century FOX), “Dream of No Words” (play, Hartford Stage’s 2003 Brand New Reading Series[12]), “The Water Mirrors” (play, American Living Room with Lincoln Center & Here Arts Center) and “Butterfly” (play, Director’s Company’s Don’t Blink with Second Stage Theatre).
He received his BFA in Film & TV and MFA in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.