Kim Chul-Lee

Kim Chul-Lee

Born in 1953, Kim, Chul-Lee is a director who graduated from the Press and Broadcasting Dept. of Sogang University. He took a postgraduate degree at the graduate school of Sungkyunkwan University in the Performing Arts Dept. From 2002 to 2003 he served as artistic director of Korean National Theater Company and from 2004 to 2005 he served as artistic director of the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress International Theater Festival. In 2005, he became Artistic Director of the Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF). He also serves in various other posts such as Chairman of the Committee for Korea-Japan Theater Exchange. As a director he has won the New Director Award of the 26th Baeksang Arts Awards (1990), the Director Award of the 29th Donga Theater Awards (1993), the Director Award of the Baeksang Arts Awards (1997) and as a translator he won the 29th Seoul Theater Festival Translation Award (1991).