- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 25, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Seoul, South Korea
Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets, cafes, hotels, schools, and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Characters are seen walking around the city, drinking soju, and having sex. The main characters are often movie directors or actors, and scenes typically consist of a single shot, often beginning and ending with a camera zoom. The budgets for his movies average about $100,000. Hong is often spontaneous when shooting, delivering the day's scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set. He rarely prepares scripts in advance. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to…
Filmography
movieNowhere to Lay My Eyes
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound, Music
movieThe Day She Returns
2026 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer
movieTree Above Volvo
2025 · Director, Writer
movieWhat Does That Nature Say to You
2025 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist
It Snows on You
movieIt Snows on You
2024 · , Director, Cinematography
movieBy the Stream
2024 · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
movieA Traveler's Needs
2024 · Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
movieGreetings for the New York Film Festival
2023 · Director, Writer
movieIn Our Day
2023 · Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Writer, Editor, Producer
movieIn Water
2023 · Music, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
movieWalk Up
2022 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Producer
movieSmall Flower
2022 · Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Editor, Music
movieThe Novelist's Film
2022 · Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
movieIn Front of Your Face
2021 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Music, Writer, Producer
movieLetter to the New York Film Festival
2021 · Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieIntroduction
2021 · Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieHong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
2021 · Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
movieThe Woman Who Ran
2020 · Director, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Producer
movieHotel by the River
2019 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieGrass
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieClaire's Camera
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Day After
2017 · Music, Director, Writer, Producer
movieOn the Beach at Night Alone
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieYourself and Yours
2016 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieRight Now, Wrong Then
2015 · Director, Writer
movieHill of Freedom
2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieOur Sunhi
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Writer, Director
movieNobody's Daughter Haewon
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 · Self
movieIn Another Country
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieList
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Day He Arrives
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieOki's Movie
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieHa Ha Ha
2010 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
movieLost in the Mountains
2009 · Director, Writer
movieLike You Know It All
2009 · Director, Writer
movieNight and Day
2008 · Director, Writer
movieWoman on the Beach
2006 · Director, Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
movieThe Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
movieTale of Cinema
2005 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieWoman Is the Future of Man
2004 · Director, Writer
movieOn the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
2002 · Director, Writer
movieVirgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
2000 · Director, Writer
movieThe Power of Kangwon Province
1998 · Director, Writer
movieThe Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
1996 · Director, Screenplay