Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho

  • Birthday: 1969-09-14
  • Place of birth: Daegu, South Korea
  • Also know as: 봉준호

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

2001 Imagine

1994

As Director of Photography

The Host

2006

As Director

Mother

2009

As Director

Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000

As Director

Memories of Murder

2003

As Director

Tokyo!

2008

As Director

Incoherence

1994

As Director

Snowpiercer

2013

As Director

Influenza

2004

As Director

Sink & Rise

2004

As Director

Okja

2017

As Director

3.11 A Sense of Home

2011

As Director

Motel Cactus

1997

As Assistant Director

The Memories in My Frame

1994

As Director

White Man

1994

As Director

Parasite

2019

As Director

Mickey 17

2025

As Director

Looking For Paradise

1992

As Director

Incoherence

1994

As Editor

Looking For Paradise

1992

As Editor

Sounds from Heaven and Earth

0000

As Lighting Technician

The Love of a Grape Seed

1994

As Lighting Technician

Okja

2017

As Producer

Sea Fog

2014

As Producer

Parasite

2019

As Producer

Mickey 17

2025

As Producer

The Host

2006

As Screenplay

Mother

2009

As Screenplay

Memories of Murder

2003

As Writer

Snowpiercer

2013

As Screenplay

Phantom: The Submarine

1999

As Writer

Snowpiercer

2013

As Screenstory

Sea Fog

2014

As Writer

The Host 2

0000

As Characters

Tokyo!

2008

As Writer

Antarctic Journal

2005

As Writer

Motel Cactus

1997

As Writer

Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000

As Screenplay

Okja

2017

As Story

Okja

2017

As Screenplay

White Man

1994

As Writer

Influenza

2004

As Writer

Sink & Rise

2004

As Writer

Parasite

2019

As Story

Parasite

2019

As Screenplay

Mickey 17

2025

As Screenplay

Incoherence

1994

As Writer

Looking For Paradise

1992

As Writer

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