Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/14/1969
Place of Birth
Daegu, South Korea
Also Known As
Bong Jun-hoПон Чжун ХоJoon Ho Bong
Bong Joon Ho
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 ...
Known For
Doomsday Book
as Lee Joon-ho
No Blood No Tears
as Officer
Crush and Blush
as English teacher
Memories
as Self
Making Memories of Murder
as Himself
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
as Himself
A Brave New World
as Lee Joon-ho
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
as Himself
Incoherence
as Paperboy's Brother
Where is my DVD?
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
as Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
as Self
보는 것을 사랑한다
Unknown Role
Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
as Himself
Understanding Movies
as Himself
The Clouzot Scandal
as Self
Searching for Bong
as Himself
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues
as Self