Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 14, 1969
Place of Birth
Daegu, South Korea
Credits
66 titles
Bong Joon Ho
Biography
Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation:[poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his work is characterised by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, 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), which served as Bong's English language debut, and the acclaimed black comedy 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. However, Snowpiercer, Okja (2017) and Mickey 17 (2025) are Hollywood co-productions with significant use of the English language. Two of his films have been screened in competitions at the Cannes Film Festival — Okja in 2017 and Parasite in 2019; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, the first for a South Korean film. Considered an immediate favourite by the Academy Awards, Parasite 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 in the award's history 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bong Joon-ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Self
Incoherence
Paperboy's Brother
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
Self
Mickey 17
Director
Sohn's Questions
Self
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Self
Nattering with Nah
Self
Kultur-King Korea
보는 것을 사랑한다
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Self
Making Parasite
Self
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer
봉준호, 장르가 되다
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage)
Parasite
Director
Your Song
Self
You Quiz on the Block
Self (voice)
Memories
Self
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Self - Presenter
The Clouzot Scandal
Self
Okja
Director
Searching for Bong
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Sea Fog
Writer
Understanding Movies
Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
Where is my DVD?
Self
Snowpiercer
Screenplay
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Self
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Self
Doomsday Book
Lee Joon-ho
A Brave New World
Lee Joon-ho
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
Self
Mother
Screenplay
Can I Borrow a Light?
Guitar Man
Crush and Blush
English Teacher
Tokyo!
Director
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Self
The Host
Director
Making Memories of Murder
Self
Antarctic Journal
Writer
Influenza
Director
Jeonju Digital Project 2004
Writer
Sink & Rise
Director
Memories of Murder
Writer
No Blood No Tears
Officer
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Director