Bong Joon Ho

Directing·Sep 14, 1969·Daegu, South Korea

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Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation:[poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his work is characterised by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, 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), which served as Bong's English language debut, and the acclaimed black comedy 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. However, Snowpiercer, Okja (2017) and Mickey 17 (2025) are Hollywood co-productions with significant use of the English language. Two of his films have been screened in competitions at the Cannes Film Festival — Okja in 2017 and Parasite in 2019; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, the first for a South Korean film. Considered an immediate favourite by the Academy Awards, Parasite 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 in the award's history 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bong Joon-ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema2026 · Self	Self
Incoherence2025 · Paperboy's Brother, Director, Writer	Paperboy's Brother, Director, Writer
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues2025 · Self	Self
Mickey 172025 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club2023 · Self	Self
Kultur-King Korea2022 · Actor	Actor
보는 것을 사랑한다2021 · Actor	Actor
Making Parasite2020 · Self	Self
Parasite2019 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Memories2018 · Self	Self
The Clouzot Scandal2017 · Self	Self
Okja2017 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Searching for Bong2015 · Self	Self
Sea Fog2014 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Understanding Movies2014 · Self	Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen2014 · Self	Self
Where is my DVD?2013 · Self	Self
Snowpiercer2013 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema2012 · Self	Self
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer2012 · Self	Self
Doomsday Book2012 · Lee Joon-ho	Lee Joon-ho
A Brave New World2012 · Lee Joon-ho	Lee Joon-ho
3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011 · Director	Director
Kurosawa's Way2011 · Self	Self
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother2010 · Self	Self
Mother2009 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Can I Borrow a Light?2009 · Guitar Man	Guitar Man
Crush and Blush2008 · English Teacher	English Teacher
Tokyo!2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight2008 · Self	Self
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young2007 · Self	Self
The Host2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Making Memories of Murder2005 · Self	Self
Antarctic Journal2005 · Writer	Writer
Influenza2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Jeonju Digital Project 20042004 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Sink & Rise2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Memories of Murder2003 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
No Blood No Tears2002 · Officer	Officer
Barking Dogs Never Bite2000 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Phantom: The Submarine1999 · Writer	Writer
Motel Cactus1997 · Writer	Writer
White Man1994 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Memories in My Frame1994 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
2001 Imagine1994 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Looking For Paradise1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Host : Histoires de familleBong Joon-ho	Bong Joon-ho
AllyDirector, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer