Bong Joon Ho

Director · Writer · Cast

Born

September 14, 1969 · Daegu, South Korea

South Korean director and screenwriter, he studied sociology and later graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Arts. In the 1990s he belonged to the Yellow Door Film Club, a group of cinephiles who met to watch, discuss and think about film at a time when dedicating oneself to the arts was a dishonor for traditional families. His career took off with Memories of Murder (2003), a film inspired by South Korea's first serial killer. In 2019 came his great milestone Parasite (2019), winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, making him the first South Korean director to win this award, and the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film categories at the Oscar Awards, marking a turning point in his career and the history of his country's cinema.