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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.


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Born:
Sep 14, 1969 In Daegu, South Korea
Movie/TV Credits:
34
First Appeared:
In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
Latest Project:
Movie The Host : Histoires de famille 2025
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Host : Histoires de famille Bong Joon-ho 2025
Movie Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club Self 2023-10-06
Movie Kultur-King Korea Unknown 2022-12-10
Movie 보는 것을 사랑한다 Unknown 2021-10-28
Series Next Entertainment, Visionary Self 2021-01-18
Movie Making Parasite Self 2020-06-01
Series 봉준호, 장르가 되다 Unknown 2020-02-10
Movie Coffee or Tea? 감독 2020-09-26
Movie Death to 2020 Self (archive footage) 2020-12-27
Series Your Song Himself 2019-01-17
Series Modern Korea Self (archive footage) 2019-10-31
Series The Crunchyroll Anime Awards Self - Presenter 2018-02-24
Series You Quiz On The Block Self (voice) 2018-08-29
Movie Memories Self 2018-07-11
Movie The Clouzot Scandal Self 2017-10-17
Movie Searching for Bong Himself 2015-10-29
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself 2014-02-17
Movie Understanding Movies Himself 2014-05-01
Movie Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen Self 2014-04-02
Movie Where is my DVD? Self 2013-11-09
Movie Doomsday Book Lee Joon-ho 2012-04-11
Movie A Brave New World Lee Joon-ho 2012-04-05
Movie Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer Himself 2012-10-01
Movie Ari Ari the Korean Cinema Himself 2012-12-06
Movie Kurosawa's Way Self 2011-05-13
Movie Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother Himself 2010-07-20
Movie Can I Borrow a Light? Guitar Man 2009-05-20
Movie 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight Self 2008-05-18
Movie Crush and Blush English teacher 2008-10-16
Movie Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young Himself 2007-01-21
Movie Making Memories of Murder Himself 2005-08-09
Movie No Blood No Tears Officer (cameo) 2002-02-28
Movie Incoherence Paperboy's Brother 1994-05-31
Series The Oscars Self 1953-03-19