- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 23, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Seoul, South Korea
Park Chan-wook
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 failur…
Filmography
movieCérémonie de palmarès du 79e Festival de Cannes
2026 · Self
movieMr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
tvNew Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025 · Self
movieNo Other Choice
2025 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieHan Kang Chronicles: A Tale of Seven Lives
2025 · Self
tv인생이 영화
2025
movieUprising
2024 · Writer, Executive Producer
tvThe Sympathizer
2024 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
movieI Haven’t Done Anything
2023 · Self
tvNattering with Nah
2023
movieKultur-King Korea
2022
movieDecision to Leave
2022 · Producer, Writer, Director
movieLife is But a Dream
2022 · Director
tvSnowpiercer
2020 · Executive Producer
tvModern Korea
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Little Drummer Girl
2018 · Executive Producer, Director
tvYou Quiz on the Block
2018 · Self
movieMaking of The Handmaiden
2018
tvMovie Room
2018 · Self
movieBelieve It or Not
2018 · Producer
moviePlankton Salesmen
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieReawakening of memories
2017 · Editor
movieDecades Apart
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
tvEntourage
2016 · Self
movieOld Days
2016 · Self
movieThe Truth Beneath
2016 · Writer
movieThe Handmaiden
2016 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Shameless
2015 · Creative Producer, Executive Producer
movieMüdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
2015 · Self
movieA Rose Reborn
2014 · Director, Writer
movieSnowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014 · Self
movieBitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014 · Director, Producer
movieOldboy
2013 · Original Film Writer
movieSnowpiercer
2013 · Executive Producer
movieV
2013 · Director
movieLee Jung Hyun: V
2013 · Director
movieStoker
2013 · Director
movieDay Trip
2012 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieAri Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
A Boy with Arms
movieA Boy with Arms
2012 · Editor
movie60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Writer, Director
movieNight Fishing
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThrough Korean Cinema
2010 · Self
movieMaking of Thirst
2010
Too Fragile to Be Loved
movieToo Fragile to Be Loved
2010 · Editor
movieThirst
2009 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieCrush and Blush
2008 · Passerby, Screenplay, Producer
movieTwo Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007 · Self
movieI'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieZinda
2006 · Original Film Writer
movieThe Making of Lady Vengeance
2005
movieA Boy Who Went to Heaven
2005 · Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
movieThe Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
movieThe Process of Mr. Vengeance
2005 · Self
movieLady Vengeance
2005 · Director, Screenplay
movieAutobiography of Oldboy
2004
movieKatanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
2004 · (archive footage)
movieThree... Extremes
2004 · Writer, Director
movieOldboy
2003 · Screenplay, Director
movieIf You Were Me
2003 · Director, Writer
movieNever Ending Peace and Love
2003 · Director, Writer
movieA Bizarre Love Triangle
2002 · Writer
movieSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Bus Passenger (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieThe Humanist
2001 · Writer
movieJoint Security Area
2000 · Director, Screenplay, Production Assistant
movieThe Anarchists
2000 · Writer
movieJudgement
1999 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTrio
1997 · Writer, Director
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
movieMascara
1995
movieThe Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
1992 · Writer, Director
Nino
movieNino
— · Self - director
The Jailbreaker
movieThe Jailbreaker
— · Writer, Director
Genocidal Organ
movieGenocidal Organ
— · Director, Writer
movieThe Brigands of Rattlecreek
— · Director, Producer, Screenplay