Finding aid for the Jimmy Lee papers 3336

Diann Benti

USC Libraries East Asian Library

2022 March

Doheny Memorial Library

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-1825

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/east-asian-library

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

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jimmy Lee, 2018.

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], [Coll. Title], Collection no. 3336, Korean Heritage Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

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).

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.

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