Bong Joon Ho
Directing
Born: Sep 14, 1969
From: Daegu, South Korea
Credits: 30 titles
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; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, the first for a South Korean film. Considered an immediate favourite …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema | Self | 2026 | — |
| Incoherence | Paperboy's Brother | 2025 | 6.3 |
| The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues | Self | 2025 | — |
| Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club | Self | 2023 | 6.9 |
| Kultur-King Korea | 2022 | — | |
| 보는 것을 사랑한다 | 2021 | — | |
| Next Entertainment, Visionary TV | Self | 2021 | — |
| Making Parasite | Self | 2020 | — |
| 봉준호, 장르가 되다 TV | 2020 | — | |
| Memories | Self | 2018 | 6.0 |
| The Crunchyroll Anime Awards TV | Self - Presenter | 2018 | 1.5 |
| You Quiz on the Block TV | Self (voice) | 2018 | 8.3 |
| The Clouzot Scandal | Self | 2017 | 6.5 |
| Searching for Bong | Self | 2015 | 7.0 |
| Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen | Self | 2014 | 5.0 |
| Understanding Movies | Self | 2014 | — |
| Where is my DVD? | Self | 2013 | 9.5 |
| Doomsday Book | Lee Joon-ho | 2012 | 6.155 |
| Ari Ari the Korean Cinema | Self | 2012 | 5.5 |
| Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer | Self | 2012 | 8.0 |
| A Brave New World | Lee Joon-ho | 2012 | — |
| Kurosawa's Way | Self | 2011 | 5.769 |
| Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother | Self | 2010 | 8.5 |
| Can I Borrow a Light? | Guitar Man | 2009 | 6.0 |
| 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight | Self | 2008 | — |
| Crush and Blush | English teacher | 2008 | 6.3 |
| Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young | Self | 2007 | — |
| Making Memories of Murder | Self | 2005 | — |
| No Blood No Tears | Officer | 2002 | 6.078 |
| The Host : Histoires de famille | Bong Joon-ho | — | |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1969 |
| From | Daegu, South Korea |