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 su...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Mickey 17
2025
Director, Producer, Writer
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job…...

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
2023
as Self
This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon H...

Kultur-King Korea
2022

보는 것을 사랑한다
2021

Making Parasite
2020
as Self
A short featurette on the making of Parasite.

Parasite
2019
Director, Story, Producer
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpe...

Memories
2018
as Self
The documentary gives a voice to all those who have experienced the crazy adventure of shooting Memories of Murder.

The Clouzot Scandal
2017
as Self
Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the ...

Okja
2017
Director, Producer, Story
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Searching for Bong
2015
as Himself
Unlike our dream of becoming a great filmmaker, the movie boards that adults talk about are tough. We are looking for our idol, Bong Joon-ho...

Sea Fog
2014
Writer, Producer
A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Understanding Movies
2014
as Himself
Ji-han's set for graduation film. It is not as easy as it feels to devote all the production techniques that he have learned in school for four years....

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014
as Self
Documentary on the making of the film.

Where is my DVD?
2013
as Self
Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn't get any dvd from the directors. He's decided to collect...

Snowpiercer
2013
Screenplay, Director, Screenstory
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that tr...

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
as Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012
as Himself
Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through intervie...

Doomsday Book
2012
as Lee Joon-ho
In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlighten...

A Brave New World
2012
as Lee Joon-ho
A geek is left home alone and his negligence causes the spread of a deadly contamination that infects the entire local population and turns them into ...

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011
Director
In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

Kurosawa's Way
2011
as Self
Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

Mother, Son and Murder: The Making of Mother
2010
as Himself
A documentary on the making of ‘Mother’.

Mother
2009
Screenplay, Director
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to pro...

Can I Borrow a Light?
2009
as Guitar Man
A thoughtful young man ambles around the Han River, providing an expansive setting for his contemplations. During a telephone call on the Jamsu Bridge...

Crush and Blush
2008
as English teacher
With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she dilige...

Tokyo!
2008
Director, Writer
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. ...

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
as Self
A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007
as Himself
A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence

The Host
2006
Director, Screenplay
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting he...

Making Memories of Murder
2005
as Himself
Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.

Antarctic Journal
2005
Writer
Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British te...

Jeonju Digital Project 2004
2004
Writer, Director
Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

Influenza
2004
Director, Writer
The film starts with a man named Cho Hyuk-rae who has perched dangerously on top of the Han River Bridge. It is a sad picture of a man who has been ca...

Sink & Rise
2004
Director, Writer
Under the Sungsan Bridge, in a waterside stand by the Han River, a poor and tired-looking father and daughter, Jae-mun, and In-seon, are arguing the g...

Memories of Murder
2003
Writer, Director
During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

No Blood No Tears
2002
as Officer
A former safecracker makes a living as a taxi driver but continues to be haunted by her past. One day she chances upon an aspiring singer, who is a sp...

Barking Dogs Never Bite
2000
Director, Screenplay
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

Phantom: The Submarine
1999
Writer
Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

Motel Cactus
1997
Writer, Assistant Director
The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.

7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover
1996
Adaptation
Sounds from Heaven and Earth
1994
Lighting Technician
Short film directed by Equan Choi.

White Man
1994
Writer, Director
A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

The Memories in My Frame
1994
Writer, Director, Producer
A young boy struggles with the loss of his beloved dog.

Incoherence
1994
as Paperboy's Brother
Over three episodes, three respectable middle-aged men find themselves behaving badly. A teacher hides his pornographic magazine from a female student...

Incoherence
1994
Director, Writer, Editor
Over three episodes, three respectable middle-aged men find themselves behaving badly. A teacher hides his pornographic magazine from a female student...
The Love of a Grape Seed
1994
Lighting Technician
Short film by Jae-Yeong Heo, Soo-gil Lee, and Derek Son Tae-woong.

2001 Imagine
1994
Director of Photography
2001 short film

Looking For Paradise
1992
Director, Writer, Editor
A gorilla searching for freedom while fighting a caterpillar that emerged from its fecal matter.
The Host : Histoires de famille
N/A
as Bong Joon-ho

The Valley
N/A
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The story will reportedly follow an invertebrate deep-sea fish who believes he’s suffering from spinal disk herniation.
Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project
N/A
Producer
A "small love story" by Lee Isaac Chung.
The Host 2
N/A
Characters
Untitled Bong Joon Ho Horror Action Film
N/A
Director, Writer