Bong Joon Ho
Born: 1969-09-14 in Daegu, South Korea
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bong Joon-ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
2025
- Mickey 17 ... (Director)
- Incoherence as Paperboy's Brother
- The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues as Self
2024
- Sohn's Questions as Self
2023
- Nattering with Nah as Self
- Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club as Self
2022
2021
2020
- Snowpiercer ... (Executive Producer)
- 봉준호, 장르가 되다
- Making Parasite as Self
2019
- Parasite ... (Director)
- Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
- Your Song as Self
2018
- You Quiz on the Block as Self (voice)
- The Crunchyroll Anime Awards as Self - Presenter
- Memories as Self
2017
- Okja ... (Director)
- The Clouzot Scandal as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Searching for Bong as Self
2014
- Sea Fog ... (Writer)
- Understanding Movies as Self
- Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen as Self
2013
- Snowpiercer ... (Screenplay)
- Where is my DVD? as Self
2012
- Doomsday Book as Lee Joon-ho
- Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Self
- A Brave New World as Lee Joon-ho
- Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer as Self
2011
- Kurosawa's Way as Self
- 3.11 A Sense of Home Films ... (Director)
2010
2009
- Mother ... (Screenplay)
- Can I Borrow a Light? as Guitar Man
2008
- Tokyo! ... (Director)
- Crush and Blush as English Teacher
- 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight as Self
2007
2006
- The Host ... (Director)
2005
- Antarctic Journal ... (Writer)
- Making Memories of Murder as Self
2004
- Jeonju Digital Project 2004 ... (Writer)
- Sink & Rise ... (Director)
- Influenza ... (Director)
2003
- Memories of Murder ... (Writer)
2002
- No Blood No Tears as Officer
2000
- Barking Dogs Never Bite ... (Director)
1999
- Phantom: The Submarine ... (Writer)
1997
- Motel Cactus ... (Writer)
1996
- 7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover ... (Adaptation)
1994
- Sounds from Heaven and Earth ... (Lighting Technician)
- White Man ... (Writer)
- 2001 Imagine ... (Director of Photography)
- The Memories in My Frame ... (Writer)
- The Love of a Grape Seed ... (Lighting Technician)
1992
- Looking For Paradise ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self