Kogonada

Directing·Seoul, South Korea

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Park Joong Eun (Korean: 박중은), known professionally as Kogonada, is a South Korean-born American filmmaker. He is known for his video essays that analyze the content, form, and structure of various films and television series. The essays frequently use narration and editing as lenses and highlight a director's aesthetic. Kogonada regularly contributes to Sight & Sound and is often commissioned by The Criterion Collection to create supplemental videos for its home video releases. He has also written, directed and edited the feature films Columbus (2017) and After Yang (2021). He also directed two episodes of the Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte (2024).

Film	Credit
DDoors of Bresson2026 · Director	Director
Zi2026 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey2025 · Director	Director
Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023 · Self	Self
After Yang2022 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Columbus Story2019 · Director	Director
Once There Was Everything2017 · Director	Director
Columbus2017 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
What Is Neorealism?2017 · Director	Director
Wes Anderson: From Above2017 · Director	Director
Way of Ozu2016 · Director	Director
Godard in Fragments2016 · Director	Director
The Way of Folk2016 · Director	Director
Restoring the Apu Trilogy2015 · Director	Director
Dreams of Cinema2015 · Narrator, Writer, Director	Narrator, Writer, Director
Elemental2015 · Director	Director
On Solace2015 · Narrator, Director, Writer	Narrator, Director, Writer
Mirrors of Bergman2015 · Director	Director
Auteur in Space2015 · Director	Director
Criterion Designs2014 · Director	Director
Trick or Truth2014 · Director	Director
The Eye & the Beholder2014 · Director	Director
Eyes of Hitchcock2014 · Director	Director
Hands of Bresson2014 · Director	Director
WWes Anderson: Centered2014 · Director	Director
Linklater: On Cinema and Time2013 · Director	Director
Malick: Fire & Water2013 · Director	Director
The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu2013 · Director	Director
BIFA: 15 Years2013 · Director	Director
Against Tyranny: Video Essay on King of the Hill2013 · Director	Director
Ozu: Passageways2012 · Director	Director
Stanley Kubrick: One-Point Perspective2012 · Director	Director
Sounds of Aronofsky2012 · Director	Director
Tarantino: From Below2012 · Director	Director
Lunch Line2010 · Director	Director
Young Arabs2008 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography