Sung Jin celebrates his birthday every October 2. He was born on October 2, 1981, in Seoul, South Korea.
He is a writer and director.
Sung Jin gained worldwide recognition for creating the Netflix series Beef which won him the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards for directing and writing for a limited series.
Sung Jin and his family relocated from Seoul to Minnesota in sixth grade.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, he interned at the Sony record label Barsuk Records.
He wrote for the series Undone, Tuca & Bertie, Dave, and Silicon Valley.
Variety November 2023 reports revealed that Lee had signed a multiyear deal to produce content for Netflix.
Sung Jin is the screenwriter for the 2024 Marvel film Thunderbolts, his first writing credit on a produced feature film.
In a career that has spanned over a decade, Lee Sung Jin has written and directed more than 10 movies and television shows.