Jinyoung won Lee

BIOGRAPHIE

An award-winning writer-turned-filmmaker, Jinyoung Lee Majored in Journalism at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. She has written multiple books on Hawaii since moving to Hawaii in 2005, and her essays on life in Hawaii have earned her accolades in the Dongsuh Literary Awards and the Overseas Koreans Literary Awards. Won has worked in various Korean media such as the Korea Times Hawaii and a Korean television station in Honolulu for more than a decade. The Words of Wisdom from the Rainbow State(WWRS), her debut work as a filmmaker was officially invited to the 41st Hawaii International Film Festival and 8 other festivals around the world, and Won received the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award from the Liberty International Movie Festival. She is also the winner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Digital Contents Competition, which was a significant contributor to the production of WWRS.

FILMOGRAPHIE