Bong Joon Ho

Known For: Directing
Born: September 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Daegu, South Korea

Bong Joon Ho

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 o…

Filmography

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

2026 · Self

Incoherence

2025 · Paperboy's Brother, Director, Writer, Editor

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

2025 · Self

Mickey 17

2025 · Director, Producer, Writer

Sohn's Questions

2024 · Self

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

2023 · Self

Nattering with Nah

2023 · Self

Kultur-King Korea

2022

보는 것을 사랑한다

2021

Next Entertainment, Visionary

2021 · Self

Making Parasite

2020 · Self

Snowpiercer

2020 · Executive Producer, Original Story

봉준호, 장르가 되다

2020

Modern Korea

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Parasite

2019 · Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay

Your Song

2019 · Self

You Quiz on the Block

2018 · Self (voice)

Memories

2018 · Self

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards

2018 · Self - Presenter

The Clouzot Scandal

2017 · Self

Okja

2017 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay

Searching for Bong

2015 · Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self - Guest

Sea Fog

2014 · Writer, Producer

Understanding Movies

2014 · Self

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

2014 · Self

Where is my DVD?

2013 · Self

Snowpiercer

2013 · Screenplay, Director, Screenstory

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012 · Self

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

2012 · Self

Doomsday Book

2012 · Lee Joon-ho

A Brave New World

2012 · Lee Joon-ho

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

2011 · Director

Kurosawa's Way

2011 · Self

Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother

2010 · Self

Mother

2009 · Screenplay, Director

Can I Borrow a Light?

2009 · Guitar Man

Crush and Blush

2008 · English Teacher

Tokyo!

2008 · Director, Writer

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

2008 · Self

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

2007 · Self

The Host

2006 · Director, Screenplay

Making Memories of Murder

2005 · Self

Antarctic Journal

2005 · Writer

Influenza

2004 · Director, Writer

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

2004 · Writer, Director

Sink & Rise

2004 · Director, Writer

Memories of Murder

2003 · Writer, Director

No Blood No Tears

2002 · Officer

Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000 · Director, Screenplay

Phantom: The Submarine

1999 · Writer

Motel Cactus

1997 · Writer, Assistant Director

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover

1996 · Adaptation

Sounds from Heaven and Earth

Sounds from Heaven and Earth

1994 · Lighting Technician

White Man

1994 · Writer, Director

The Memories in My Frame

1994 · Writer, Director, Producer

The Love of a Grape Seed

The Love of a Grape Seed

1994 · Lighting Technician

2001 Imagine

1994 · Director of Photography

Looking For Paradise

1992 · Director, Writer, Editor

The Oscars

1953 · Self

The Host : Histoires de famille

The Host : Histoires de famille

— · Bong Joon-ho

Ally

— · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

— · Producer

The Host 2

— · Characters

Untitled Bong Joon Ho Horror Action Film

Untitled Bong Joon Ho Horror Action Film

— · Director, Writer

Ally

— · Co-Writer

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