
Directing
Born September 14, 1969 · Daegu, South Korea
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.

Incoherence
2025

Mickey 17
2025

Parasite
2019

Okja
2017

Snowpiercer
2013

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011

Mother
2009

Tokyo!
2008

The Host
2006

Influenza
2004

Sink & Rise
2004

Jeonju Digital Project 2004
2004

Memories of Murder
2003

Barking Dogs Never Bite
2000

The Memories in My Frame
1994

White Man
1994
Looking For Paradise
1992

The Valley
Untitled Bong Joon Ho Horror Action Film

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026

Incoherence
2025

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
2025

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

Kultur-King Korea
2022

보는 것을 사랑한다
2021

Making Parasite
2020

Memories
2018

The Clouzot Scandal
2017

Searching for Bong
2015

Understanding Movies
2014

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

Where is my DVD?
2013

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012

Doomsday Book
2012

A Brave New World
2012

Kurosawa's Way
2011

Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
2010

Can I Borrow a Light?
2009

Crush and Blush
2008

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

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

Making Memories of Murder
2005

No Blood No Tears
2002