Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호), born September 14, 1969, is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. His films are characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the black comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), before achieving both critical and commercial success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller Memories of Murder (2003), the monster film The Host (2006), the science fiction action film Snowpiercer (2013), and the Academy Award-winning black comedy social thriller Parasite (2019), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea, with Parasite also being the highest-grossing South Korean film in history. All of Bong's films have been South Korean productions, although both Snowpiercer and Okja (2017) are mostly in the English language. Two of his films have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival—Okja in 2017 and Parasite in 2019; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, which was a first for a South Korean film. Parasite also became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award nominations, with Bong winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, making Parasite the first film not in English to win Best Picture. In 2017, Bong was included on Metacritic's list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century. In 2020, Bong was included in Time's annual list of 100 Most Influential People and Bloomberg 50.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
September 14, 1969Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
52Place of birth
Daegu, South KoreaAlso known as
봉준호, 奉俊昊, Bong Jun-ho, ポン・ジュノ, بونگ جون-هو, בונג ג'ון-הו, Пон Чжун Хо, Bong Joon Ho, Joon Ho BongCast credits
Doomsday Book
Lee Joon-hoKurosawa's Way
SelfAri Ari the Korean Cinema
HimselfCrush and Blush
English teacherTwo Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
HimselfSearching for Bong
HimselfThe Clouzot Scandal
SelfSnowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
SelfTony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
HimselfUnderstanding Movies
HimselfMother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
HimselfCan I Borrow a Light?
Guitar ManA Brave New World
Lee Joon-hoNo Blood No Tears
Officer (cameo)Where is my DVD?
SelfMaking Memories of Murder
Himself보는 것을 사랑한다
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
SelfYellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
SelfCrew credits
The Host
Director, ScreenplayMother
Director, ScreenplayBarking Dogs Never Bite
Director, ScreenplayMemories of Murder
Director, WriterTokyo!
Director, WriterIncoherence
Director, Editor, WriterSnowpiercer
Director, Screenplay, ScreenstoryInfluenza
Director, WriterSink & Rise
Director, WriterPhantom: The Submarine
WriterSea Fog
Writer, ProducerOkja
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay3.11 A Sense of Home
DirectorAntarctic Journal
WriterMotel Cactus
Writer, Assistant Director7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover
AdaptationThe Memories in My Frame
Director, WriterWhite Man
Director, WriterJeonju Digital Project 2004
Director, WriterParasite
Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay