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Bong Joon Ho
Bong Joon Ho’s screen credits include director work on Parasite and director work on Memories of Murder.
Born September 14, 1969 Daegu, South Korea2 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaSelf
- 2025IncoherenceDirector · Writer · Paperboy's Brother
- 2025The Legend of the Palme d’Or ContinuesSelf
- 2025Mickey 17Director · Producer · Writer
- 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film ClubSelf
- 2022Kultur-King KoreaActor
- 2021보는 것을 사랑한다Actor
- 2020Making ParasiteSelf
- 2018MemoriesSelf
- 2017The Clouzot ScandalSelf
- 2017OkjaDirector · Producer · Writer
- 2015Searching for BongSelf
- 2014Sea FogWriter · Producer
- 2014Understanding MoviesSelf
- 2014Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black ScreenSelf
- 2013Where is my DVD?Self
- 2013SnowpiercerDirector · Writer
- 2012Ari Ari the Korean CinemaSelf
- 2012Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant ObserverSelf
- 2012Doomsday BookLee Joon-ho
- 2012A Brave New WorldLee Joon-ho
- 20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsDirector
- 2011Kurosawa's WaySelf
- 2010Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of MotherSelf
- 2009MotherWriter · Director
- 2009Can I Borrow a Light?Guitar Man
- 2008Crush and BlushEnglish Teacher
- 2008Tokyo!Director · Writer
- 200840 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightSelf
- 2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngSelf
- 2006The HostWriter · Director
- 2005Making Memories of MurderSelf
- 2005Antarctic JournalWriter
- 2004InfluenzaDirector · Writer
- 2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004Writer · Director
- 2004Sink & RiseDirector · Writer
- 2002No Blood No TearsOfficer
- 2000Barking Dogs Never BiteDirector · Writer
- 1999Phantom: The SubmarineWriter
- 1997Motel CactusWriter · Director
- 1994The Memories in My FrameWriter · Director · Producer
- 1994White ManWriter · Director
- 19942001 ImagineDirector
- 1992Looking For ParadiseDirector · Writer
- AllyDirector · Writer · Producer
- AllyWriter
- The Host : Histoires de familleBong Joon-ho
- Untitled Bong Joon-ho Horror FilmDirector · Writer
- Untitled Lee Isaac Chung ProjectProducer
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Song Kang-ho
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Byun Hee-bong
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Cho Yeo-jeong
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