Park Chan-wook

Where to watch Park Chan-wook

• OldboyMovie · 2003

Biography

Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; pronounced [pak̚tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean filmmaker and former film critic. Widely regarded as a leading figure in South Korean and 21st-century world cinema, he is known for films that blend crime, mystery, and thriller elements with other genres. His films are noted for their cinematography, framing, black humour, and often brutal subject matter. After two unsuccessful films in the 1990s, which he has since largely disowned, Park came to prominence with his acclaimed third directorial effort, Joint Security Area (2000), which became the highest-grossing film in South Korean history at the time and which Park himself prefers to be regarded as his directorial debut. Using his newfound creative freedom, he would go on to direct the films forming his unofficial The Vengeance Trilogy: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), a financial failure that polarised critics, followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005), both of which received critical acclaim and were financially successful. Oldboy in particular is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, and helped establish Park as a well-known director outside his native country. Most of Park's work following The Vengeance Trilogy was also commercially and critically successful both in South Korea and internationally, such as Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), which earned Park the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and Decision to Leave (2022), which won the Best Director award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the English-language miniseries The Little Drummer Girl (2018) and The Sympathizer (2024). His 2025 film No Other Choice was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Park Chan-wook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1. 2026Nino – A Film About Nino Rotaas Self – Director
2. 2026Cérémonie de palmarès du 79e Festival de Cannesas Self
3. 2026The 23rd Annual Unforgettable Awards
4. 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinemaas Self
5. 2025New Old Boy : Dir. Parkas Self · 2 episodes
6. 2025No Other ChoiceProducer · Director · Screenplay
7. 2025Han Kang Chronicles: A Tale of Seven Livesas Self
8. 2025인생이 영화1 episode
9. 2024UprisingWriter · Executive producer
10. 2024The SympathizerExecutive producer · Director · Writer · Creator
11. 2023I Haven’t Done Anythingas Self
12. 2022Kultur-King Korea
13. 2022Decision to LeaveProducer · Writer · Director
14. 2020SnowpiercerExecutive producer
15. 2019Modern Koreaas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
16. 2018The Little Drummer GirlExecutive producer · Director
17. 2018Making of The Handmaiden
18. 2017Plankton Salesmenas Self (archive footage)
19. 2016Entourageas Self · 1 episode
20. 2016Old Daysas Self
21. 2016The Truth BeneathWriter
22. 2016The HandmaidenDirector · Writer · Executive producer
23. 2015The ShamelessExecutive producer
24. 2015Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlinas Self
25. 2014A Rose RebornDirector · Writer
26. 2014Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screenas Self
27. 2014Bitter, Sweet, SeoulDirector · Producer
28. 2013SnowpiercerExecutive producer
29. 2013VDirector
30. 2013Lee Jung Hyun: VDirector
31. 2013StokerDirector
32. 2012Day TripDirector · Producer · Writer
33. 2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinemaas Self
34. 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroWriter · Director
35. 2011Night FishingDirector · Writer · Producer
36. 2010Through Korean Cinemaas Self
37. 2010Making of Thirst
38. 2009ThirstScreenplay · Producer · Director
39. 2008Crush and Blushas Passerby · Screenplay · Producer
40. 2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngas Self
41. 2006I'm a Cyborg, But That's OKDirector · Screenplay · Producer
42. 2005The Making of Lady Vengeance
43. 2005A Boy Who Went to HeavenWriter
44. 2005The Nine Lives of Korean Cinemaas Self
45. 2005The Process of Mr. Vengeanceas Self
46. 2005Lady VengeanceDirector · Screenplay
47. 2004Autobiography of Oldboy
48. 2004Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de videoas (archive footage)
49. 2004Three... ExtremesDirector · Writer
50. 2003OldboyScreenplay · Director
51. 2003If You Were MeDirector · Writer
52. 2002A Bizarre Love TriangleWriter
53. 2002Sympathy for Mr. Vengeanceas Bus Passenger (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay
54. 2001The HumanistWriter
55. 2000Joint Security AreaScreenplay · Director
56. 2000The AnarchistsWriter
57. 1999JudgementWriter · Director · Producer
58. 1997TrioDirector · Writer
59. 1995Mascara
60. 1992The Moon Is... the Sun's DreamDirector · Writer