Wednesday February 28, 2007 Korea Involved with the long-delayed Oscar win of U.S. film director Martin Scorsese was the insight and business skills of a Korean American producer. At the 79th Academy Awards, Scorsese won the Best Film and Best Director awards for his film "Departed." It was Roy Lee who bought the copyright to the famed Hong Kong film "Mo Gan Doh" and asked Scorsese to do a remake. "Departed" received five nominations and won four, except for Best Supporting Actor (Michael Wahlberg). Lee wanted to remake Mo Gan Doh, which is about a police officer and a mafia gangster who secretly infiltrate each other's organization. Lee also took part in the production to have his name listed 7th among the film's 13 producers. He was born and raised in New York by his parents, who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1960s. In 2001, he founded Vertigo Entertainment and has produced many of the Hollywood remakes of Asian movies such as "Grudge," its sequel "The Ring Two" and "Lake House." Lake House was the remake of the Korean film "Siwolae" which starred Jeon Ji-hyeon and Lee Jeong-jae. He also bought the copyrights to "My Sassy Girl" and "My Wife is a Gangster." One of the six joint producers of the Oscar winning short film "West Bank Story" is also a Korean American who produced the TV series "I'm With Her" and "Maybe It's Me." credits: english.kbs.co.kr, asianfanatics.
so he's like a investor or something. I don't get it why make another version when they showed it in the US already.
