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Bong Joon-ho
Directing

Bong Joon-ho
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1969-09-14,Daegu, South Korea
Gender
Male
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

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Incoherence
1994-05-31

6.1

Doomsday Book
2012-04-11

Making Memories of Murder

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Making Memories of Murder
2005-08-09

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Memories
2018-07-11

5.4

Kurosawa's Way
2011-05-13

The Host : Histoires de famille

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The Host : Histoires de famille

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보는 것을 사랑한다
2021-10-28

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

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40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008-05-18

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

7.1

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
2023-10-06

Kultur-King Korea

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Kultur-King Korea
2022-12-10

Making Parasite

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Making Parasite
2020-06-01

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

5.2

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012-12-06

Crush and Blush

6.4

Crush and Blush
2008-10-16

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

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Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007-01-21

Searching for Bong

7

Searching for Bong
2015-10-29

The Clouzot Scandal

6.5

The Clouzot Scandal
2017-10-17

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

5

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014-04-02

Understanding Movies

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Understanding Movies
2014-05-01

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

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Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012-10-01

Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother

8.5

Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
2010-07-20

Can I Borrow a Light?

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Can I Borrow a Light?
2009-05-20

A Brave New World

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A Brave New World
2012-04-05

Where is my DVD?

9.5

Where is my DVD?
2013-11-09

No Blood No Tears

6

No Blood No Tears
2002-02-28

0

봉준호, 장르가 되다
2020-02-10

Next Entertainment, Visionary

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Next Entertainment, Visionary
2021-01-18

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards

2

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards
2018-02-24

You Quiz On The Block

8.3

You Quiz On The Block
2018-08-29

9

Your Song
2019-01-17

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

10

Modern Korea
2019-10-31