Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 25, 1960
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Credits
47 titles
Hong Sang-soo
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Director
The Day She Returns
Director
Tree Above Volvo
Director
What Does That Nature Say to You
Director
It Snows on You
By the Stream
Producer
A Traveler's Needs
Producer
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Writer
In Our Day
Director of Photography
In Water
Music
Walk Up
Director
Small Flower
Writer
The Novelist's Film
Writer
In Front of Your Face
Director
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Director of Photography
Introduction
Producer
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Narrator (Voice)
The Woman Who Ran
Writer
Hotel by the River
Writer
Grass
Director
Claire's Camera
Writer
The Day After
Music
On the Beach at Night Alone
Writer
Yourself and Yours
Writer
Right Now, Wrong Then
Writer
Hill of Freedom
Writer
Our Sunhi
Writer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Writer
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Director
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Self
In Another Country
Director
List
Writer
The Day He Arrives
Director
Oki's Movie
Screenplay
Ha Ha Ha
Director
Visitors
Director
Lost in the Mountains
Director
Like You Know It All
Director
Night and Day
Director
Woman on the Beach
Director
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
Self
Tale of Cinema
Director
Woman Is the Future of Man
Director
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Writer
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Writer
The Power of Kangwon Province
Director
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Director