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Bong Joon Ho

Bong Joon Ho

Director · Born 1969-09-14 · Daegu, South Korea

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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; th…

Directed

  1. Parasite (2019) — Director
  2. Snowpiercer (2013) — Director
  3. Memories of Murder (2003) — Director
  4. Okja (2017) — Director
  5. Mickey 17 (2025) — Director
  6. The Host (2006) — Director
  7. Mother (2009) — Director
  8. Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) — Director
  9. Tokyo! (2008) — Director
  10. Influenza (2004) — Director
  11. White Man (1994) — Director
  12. The Memories in My Frame (1994) — Director
  13. Sink & Rise (2004) — Director
  14. Incoherence (2025) — Director
  15. 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011) — Director
  16. Looking For Paradise (1992) — Director
  17. Jeonju Digital Project 2004 (2004) — Director
  18. Ally — Director
  19. Untitled Bong Joon Ho Horror Action Film — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  2. Doomsday Book (2012) — Lee Joon-ho
  3. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  4. No Blood No Tears (2002) — Officer
  5. Crush and Blush (2008) — English Teacher
  6. Kurosawa's Way (2011) — Self
  7. Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club (2023) — Self
  8. The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — Self
  9. Incoherence (2025) — Paperboy's Brother
  10. Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012) — Self
  11. You Quiz on the Block (2018) — Self (voice)
  12. Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother (2010) — Self
  13. Where is my DVD? (2013) — Self
  14. Searching for Bong (2015) — Self
  15. Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen (2014) — Self
  16. The Crunchyroll Anime Awards (2018) — Self - Presenter
  17. Memories (2018) — Self
  18. 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight (2008) — Self
  19. Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer (2012) — Self
  20. Can I Borrow a Light? (2009) — Guitar Man
  21. Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (2026) — Self
  22. Your Song (2019) — Self
  23. Modern Korea (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  24. Nattering with Nah (2023) — Self
  25. Making Memories of Murder (2005) — Self
  26. The Host : Histoires de famille — Bong Joon-ho
  27. 보는 것을 사랑한다 (2021)
  28. Kultur-King Korea (2022)
  29. Making Parasite (2020) — Self
  30. Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young (2007) — Self
  31. Understanding Movies (2014) — Self
  32. A Brave New World (2012) — Lee Joon-ho
  33. The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues (2025) — Self
  34. 봉준호, 장르가 되다 (2020)
  35. Next Entertainment, Visionary (2021) — Self
  36. Sohn's Questions (2024) — Self