Bong Joon-ho

Biography

Bong Joon-ho became the first South Korean and first non-English-language filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Picture when Parasite swept the 2020 Oscars. His films are master classes in genre subversion — blending comedy, horror, thriller, and social satire with a distinctly Korean sensibility. Snowpiercer, Okja, and Parasite demonstrate a filmmaker who uses genre entertainment to deliver devastating critiques of class, capitalism, and inequality. He has inspired an entire generation of international filmmakers.

Top Films

Bong Joon Ho Talks Parasite and That Eight-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes