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name: "Lee Sung Jin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-sung-jin"
roles: ["Creator","Director","Writer"]
born: "2 October 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:27:03.036802+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee Sung Jin

Creator and director. Born 2 October 1981 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Creator, Director, Writer
- **Born:** 2 October 1981, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Seongjin Lee , Sonny Lee, Lee Sung-jin, 성진 리
- **Works often with:** Carrie Kemper

## Biography

Lee Sung Jin, also known as Sonny Lee, is a South Korean-born American screenwriter, director and producer. He was born in Seoul on 2 October 1981 and studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Los Angeles. After various jobs and an internship at Barsuk Records, his first paid writing position was as a staff writer and executive story editor on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

He has written for series including 2 Broke Girls, Silicon Valley, The Real O'Neals, Tuca & Bertie and Dave. Lee created, wrote, directed and executive produced the Netflix series Beef (2023), for which he won Primetime Emmy Awards in 2023 for outstanding writing and directing for a limited or anthology series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ft.com, asiasociety.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *BEEF* (2023), Creator, Director, Writer

## Also known for

- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), Writer
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), Writer, Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *DAVE* (2020), Writer
- *Girlboss* (2017), Writer
- *Tuca & Bertie* (2019), Writer
- *Outsourced* (2010), Writer
- *The Real O'Neals* (2016), Writer
- *Mothman* (2010), Writer

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