Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho (, ; born 14 September 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, although ''Snowpiercer'', ''Okja'' (2017) and the upcoming ''Mickey 17'' (2025) mostly use the English language. Two of his films have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival''—Okja'' in 2017 and ''Parasite'' in 2019; the latter earned the Palme d'Or, which was a first for a South Korean film. Considered an Academy Award's favorite contention, ''Parasite'' became the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award nominations, with Bong winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, making ''Parasite'' the first film in the award's history not in English to win Best Picture. In 2017, Bong was included on Metacritic's list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century. In 2020, Bong was included in ''Time''s annual list of 100 Most Influential People and Bloomberg 50. Provided by Wikipedia