Director Lee Ran-hee worked as an actor and planner in the theater company ‘Han River' from 1996 to 2003 and began directing the film in 2005. Directed films include the short films A Perm (2009), A Night before the Wedding (2014), A Tent (2016), and feature film A Leave (2020). The first feature film A Leave (2020) was first introduced in the New Currents section of the 25th Busan International Film Festival in 2020, and was screened at leading domestic and international film festivals such as the 46th Seoul Independent Film Festival in 2020 and the 64th San Francisco International Film Festival in 2021 and selected as an award-winning film. The Final Semester (2024) is her second feature film.