Gahee Lee

Gahee Lee is a Korean screenwriter who loves to write about weird characters with an awkward sense of humor. She completed her B.A. in Korean Language/Literature Education at the Seoul National University and worked at a government-affiliated institute KOEM, writing media releases and political speeches. As she found her passion in scriptwriting and changed her career path, she completed courses at Korea Scenario Writers Association and won several prizes in scriptwriting competitions in Korea, including the Grand Prize at Naju province and Honorable Mention at the Shin Young Kyun Art Foundation. She is in the development stages of a feature film, "Dasi Station" with a film director Jong-Hyeon Choi (Wrote Wedding Campaign, directed Little Prince), and a producer, Mi-Hee Kim (Produced, Attack the Gas Station, Bloody Tears, Miss Gold Digger, etc.) She sold a feature script, "Korean War Era" with co-writers, including Seong-Soo Heo, who was the acting Chief of the Korea Scenario Writers Association in 2019. In 2020, her dark fantasy script "Time Museum" won Best Sci-Fi Script at the Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition, Best Short Screenplay at the Festigious Film Festival, Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Short Script at the European Independent Film Festival, Best Short Script at the Druk International Film Festival, and Honorable Mention at the California International Shorts Festival. Her dark comedy script "A Creep" was officially selected at several film festivals, such as the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival and the Houston Comedy Film Festival. She was selected as a grantee of the Korean Government Scholarship Program for Overseas Study. In 2019 - 2021 Gahee attended Northwestern University to write something new, different, and fun while challenging herself, as an MFA student in Writing for Screen and Stage.