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Bong Joon Ho

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55 Years Old

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.

Born

Daegu, South Korea on 14th September 1969

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
You Quiz On The Block Image
You Quiz On The Block
Self (voice)
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
손석희의 질문들 Image
손석희의 질문들
Self
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards Image
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Self - Presenter
Your Song Image
Your Song
Himself
봉준호, 장르가 되다 Image
봉준호, 장르가 되다
Nattering with Nah Image
Nattering with Nah
Next Entertainment,  Visionary Image
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Self
Modern Korea Image
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage)
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club Image
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Self
No Blood No Tears Image
No Blood No Tears
Officer
Doomsday Book Image
Doomsday Book
Lee Joon-ho
Incoherence Image
Incoherence
Paperboy's Brother
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Crush and Blush
English teacher
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema Image
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Himself
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young Image
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Himself
Kurosawa's Way Image
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen Image
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Self
A Brave New World Image
A Brave New World
Lee Joon-ho
The Clouzot Scandal Image
The Clouzot Scandal
Self
Making Memories of Murder Image
Making Memories of Murder
Himself
보는 것을 사랑한다 Image
보는 것을 사랑한다
Understanding Movies Image
Understanding Movies
Himself
Where is my DVD? Image
Where is my DVD?
Self
Can I Borrow a Light? Image
Can I Borrow a Light?
Guitar Man
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer Image
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Himself
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother Image
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
Himself
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight Image
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
Self
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Kultur-King Korea
Searching for Bong Image
Searching for Bong
Himself
Memories Image
Memories
Self
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Making Parasite
Self
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The Host : Histoires de famille
Bong Joon-ho