Bong Joon-ho
South Korean filmmaker · South Korea · Directors · Born 1969 · age 57
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Something wrong?Bong Joon Ho is a South Korean filmmaker. His work is characterized by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, and sudden tone shifts.
A life in dates
IncoherenceFilm, Director, Writer2024
Sohn's QuestionsSeries2023
Nattering with NahSeries2021
Next Entertainment, VisionarySeries2020“I grew up in a middle-class family.”In their words31 January 2020As quoted in The Guardian, 31 January 2020“My main job is not promoting a film, it’s writing scripts, and, of course, I’m doing that right now, in hotel rooms and on flights, but it hasn’t been easy.”In their words31 January 2020As quoted in The Guardian, 31 January 2020Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best PictureAwardAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward
SnowpiercerSeries, 2020Producer
봉준호, 장르가 되다Series, 20202019“Compared to Japanese or Hong Kong film, the history of Korean cinema is relatively lesser known to American and European audiences.”In their words10 December 2019As quoted in NPR, 10 December 2019“Sci-fi gives you the advantage of being able to say what you want pretty directly. Like, in Snowpiercer, that scene where Ed Harris has a long monologue in the engine car.”In their words15 October 2019As quoted in The Atlantic, 15 October 2019Palme d'OrAward
Modern KoreaSeries, 2019
ParasiteFilm, 2019Director, Writer2018
The Crunchyroll Anime AwardsSeries
You Quiz on the BlockSeries, 20182017
OkjaFilm, Director, Writer2016Officer of Arts and LettersAward2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries
Searching for BongFilm, 20152013
SnowpiercerFilm, Director, Writer2011
3.11 A Sense of Home FilmsFilm, Director2009
Can I Borrow a Light?Film, Guitar Man2006
The HostFilm, Director, Writer2004
InfluenzaFilm, Director, Writer2003
Memories of MurderFilm, Director, Writer2000
Barking Dogs Never BiteFilm, Director, Writer1997
Motel CactusFilm, Writer1992
Looking For ParadiseFilm, Director, Writer1969Born14 September 1969Also in Deutsch
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Bong at a Q&A session for The Host in September 2006.
Bong at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival
Bong (far right) at the Japanese premiere of Okja (2017).
Bong and stars at a 2019 press event for Parasite.
Bong at the Munich International Film Festival in July 2019
Bong with Robert Pattinson in South Korea in 2025
Bong in 2025In their own words 10
, I grew up in a middle-class family.
My main job is not promoting a film, it’s writing scripts, and, of course, I’m doing that right now, in hotel rooms and on flights, but it hasn’t been easy.
Compared to Japanese or Hong Kong film, the history of Korean cinema is relatively lesser known to American and European audiences.
Filmography 40
ALAlly
MCMr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
MIMickey 17INIncoherence
TCThe Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
YCYellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film ClubPAParasite
MEMemoriesOKOkja
TSThe Clouzot ScandalSBSearching for Bong
SFSea Fog
SSSnowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black ScreenSNSnowpiercer
WDWhere is my DVD?
DBDoomsday Book
ACAri Ari the Korean Cinema
TOTony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
KWKurosawa's WayAF3.11 A Sense of Home Films
MMMother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
MOMotherCLCan I Borrow a Light?
TOTokyo!
CBCrush and Blush
XF40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightTHThe Host
AJAntarctic Journal
MMMaking Memories of MurderINInfluenza
SRSink & Rise
JPJeonju Digital Project 2004MMMemories of Murder
NTNo Blood No TearsBBBarking Dogs Never Bite
PSPhantom: The SubmarineMCMotel Cactus
WMWhite Man
TFThe Memories in My FrameLPLooking For Paradise98 credits on file
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SQSohn's QuestionsNNNattering with NahNVNext Entertainment, VisionarySNSnowpiercer봉준호, 장르가 되다MKModern Korea
YSYour SongYBYou Quiz on the BlockTAThe Crunchyroll Anime AwardsTCThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TOThe OscarsAwards
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Bong Joon Ho is a South Korean filmmaker. His work is characterized by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, and sudden tone shifts. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Asian Film Awards, as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. In 2017, he was included on Metacritic's list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century, and in 2020, he was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time and among the Bloomberg 50.
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