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Lee Sung Jin

Writing

Born October 2, 1981 · Seoul, South Korea

Also known as Seongjin Lee · Sonny Lee · Lee Sung-jin

IMDb

Biography

Lee Sung Jin (Korean: 이성진; born October 2, 1981), also known as Sonny Lee, is an American screenwriter and director. He is best known for creating the Netflix series Beef, for which he received the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards for directing and writing for a limited series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Sung Jin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Filmography14 titles

A Very Sunny Christmas

2009Editor

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005Executive Story Editor, Staff Writer, Writer

Silicon Valley

2014Supervising Producer, Writer

Beef

2023Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Undone

2019Co-Executive Producer

Dave

2020Co-Executive Producer, Writer

The Real O'Neals

2016Co-Executive Producer, Writer

2 Broke Girls

2011Writer

Tuca & Bertie

2019Co-Executive Producer

Outsourced

2010Producer, Writer

Girlboss

2017Co-Executive Producer, Writer

Lurker

2025Executive Producer

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

Mothman

2010Writer