Hong Sang-soo

Directing·Oct 25, 1960·Seoul, South Korea

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Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets, cafes, hotels, schools, and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Characters are seen walking around the city, drinking soju, and having sex. The main characters are often movie directors or actors, and scenes typically consist of a single shot, often beginning and ending with a camera zoom. The budgets for his movies average about $100,000. Hong is often spontaneous when shooting, delivering the day's scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set. He rarely prepares scripts in advance. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmer's films appear in some films directed by Hong.

Film	Credit
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes2026 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Day She Returns2026 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Tree Above Volvo2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
What Does That Nature Say to You2025 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
IIt Snows on You2024 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
By the Stream2024 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
A Traveler's Needs2024 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
GGreetings for the New York Film Festival2023 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In Our Day2023 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
In Water2023 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Walk Up2022 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Small Flower2022 · Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director	Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
The Novelist's Film2022 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Producer
In Front of Your Face2021 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Letter to the New York Film Festival2021 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Introduction2021 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay2021 · Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director	Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
The Woman Who Ran2020 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Hotel by the River2019 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Grass2018 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Claire's Camera2018 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Day After2017 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
On the Beach at Night Alone2017 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Yourself and Yours2016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Right Now, Wrong Then2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Hill of Freedom2014 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Our Sunhi2013 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Nobody's Daughter Haewon2013 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer2012 · Self	Self
In Another Country2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
List2011 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Day He Arrives2011 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Oki's Movie2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ha Ha Ha2010 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lost in the Mountains2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Like You Know It All2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Night and Day2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Woman on the Beach2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Nine Lives of Korean Cinema2005 · Self	Self
Tale of Cinema2005 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Woman Is the Future of Man2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Power of Kangwon Province1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well1996 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay