Bong Joon Ho

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• ParasiteMovie · 2019

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.

Filmography

1. 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinemaas Self
2. 2025Incoherenceas Paperboy's Brother · Director · Writer · Editor
3. 2025The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continuesas Self
4. 2025Mickey 17Director · Producer · Writer
5. 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Clubas Self
6. 2022Kultur-King Korea
7. 2021보는 것을 사랑한다
8. 2021Next Entertainment, Visionaryas Self · 1 episode
9. 2020Making Parasiteas Self
10. 2020SnowpiercerExecutive producer
11. 2020봉준호, 장르가 되다1 episode
12. 2019Modern Koreaas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
13. 2019ParasiteStory · Director · Producer · Screenplay
14. 2019Your Songas Self · 1 episode
15. 2018Memoriesas Self
16. 2018The Crunchyroll Anime Awardsas Self - Presenter · 1 episode
17. 2017The Clouzot Scandalas Self
18. 2017OkjaDirector · Producer · Screenplay · Story
19. 2015Searching for Bongas Self
20. 2014Sea FogWriter · Producer
21. 2014Understanding Moviesas Self
22. 2014Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screenas Self
23. 2013Where is my DVD?as Self
24. 2013SnowpiercerDirector · Screenplay
25. 2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinemaas Self
26. 2012Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observeras Self
27. 2012Doomsday Bookas Lee Joon-ho
28. 2012A Brave New Worldas Lee Joon-ho
29. 20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsDirector
30. 2011Kurosawa's Wayas Self
31. 2010Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Motheras Self
32. 2009MotherScreenplay · Director
33. 2009Can I Borrow a Light?as Guitar Man
34. 2008Crush and Blushas English Teacher
35. 2008Tokyo!Director · Writer
36. 200840 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnightas Self
37. 2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngas Self
38. 2006The HostScreenplay · Director
39. 2005Making Memories of Murderas Self
40. 2005Antarctic JournalWriter
41. 2004InfluenzaDirector · Writer
42. 2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004Writer · Director
43. 2004Sink & RiseDirector · Writer
44. 2003Memories of MurderDirector · Writer
45. 2002No Blood No Tearsas Officer
46. 2000Barking Dogs Never BiteDirector · Screenplay
47. 1999Phantom: The SubmarineWriter
48. 1997Motel CactusWriter
49. 1994The Memories in My FrameWriter · Director · Producer
50. 1994White ManWriter · Director
51. 19942001 ImagineCinematography
52. 1992Looking For ParadiseDirector · Editor · Writer
53. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 2 episodes