Lee Ho-jae ( born January 3 , 1973 ) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter . Lee debuted with the crime thriller '' The Scam '' ( 2009 ) . The first Korean film to ride the stock market , Lee spent two years researching and interviewing financial traders to achieve authenticity . He also found himself dabbling in the stock market during that time , and ended up losing about 94 percent of the little amount he had invested . Lee hopes movie-goers feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis will come out of the theaters feeling hopeful that everyman can come out on top . It won Best New Director at the 46th Grand Bell Awards in 2009 and 46th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2010
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46th Grand Bell Awards
Lee Ho-jae