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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Jimmy Lee papers
Creator:
Lee, Jimmy, 1945-
Identifier/Call Number: 3336
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1983-2018
Abstract: This small collection contains promotional and press material and two DVDs related to work of Korean-American filmmaker Jimmy
Lee (born 1945).
Language of Material:
English,
Korean.
Container: 1
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jimmy Lee, 2018.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], [Coll. Title], Collection no. 3336, Korean Heritage Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
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).
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.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Korean Americans -- Archives
Asian Americans in motion pictures -- Archival resources
Asian Americans in the motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
DVDs
Moving images
Lee, Jimmy, 1945- -- Archives