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Jimmy Lee papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3336

Scope and Contents

This small collection contains promotional and press material and two DVDs related to work of Korean-American filmmaker Jimmy Lee (born 1945). There are DVDs of his films Hanging Heart (1983) and Close Call (2004), along with press and promotional materials and copies of photographs. There are also booklets for the 44th and 45th Los Angeles Korean Festival (2017-2018).

Dates

  • Creation: 1983 - 2018

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Biographical / Historical

Filmmaker Jimmy Lee was born in 1945 in Seoul, South Korea. He immigrated to the United States in 1973 and received a BA from Columbia College of Hollywood. He wrote and directed two feature films Hanging Heart (1983) and Close Call (2004). He has served as president of the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation and the Korean Motion Picture Association of America.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Korean

Abstract

This small collection contains promotional and press material and two DVDs related to work of Korean-American filmmaker Jimmy Lee (born 1945).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jimmy Lee, 2018.

Title
Finding aid for the Jimmy Lee papers
Author
Diann Benti
Date
2022 March
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository

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