Bong Joon-ho

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Full Name	Bong Joon-ho
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1969(1969-09-14)
Age	55
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Virgo

Bong Joon-ho Biography

Bong Joon-ho is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on September 14, 1969 in South Korea. Korean filmmaker who took home Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his 2019 film Parasite. Other films that are well-known comprise The Host, Okja and Mother.

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Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호 , Korean pronunciation: [poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo] ; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. His films feature social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. In 2017, Metacritic ranked Bong 13th on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century.

He wanted to be a film director ever since he was fourteen-years-old and was able to see his father always drawing when he was young. Naturally, Bong imitated his father and had the opportunity to practice comic and storyboarding since the age of five, including drawing and arranging cartoon shots. While he was in elementary school, the family relocated to Seoul, taking up residence in Jamsil-dong by the Han River. In 1988, Bong enrolled in Yonsei University, majoring in sociology. College campuses such as Yonsei’s were then hotbeds for the South Korean democracy movement; Bong was an active participant of student demonstrations, frequently subjected to tear gas early in his college years. He served a two-year term in the military in accordance with South Korea’s compulsory military service before returning to college in

1992. Bong later co-founded a film club named “Yellow Door” with students from neighboring universities. As a member of the club, Bong made his first films, including a stop motion short titled Looking for Paradise and 16 mm film short titled Baeksaekin (White Man). He graduated from Yonsei University in 1995.

His family was full of artists and his grandfather was a well-known writer.

Bong Joon-ho Net Worth

Bong Joon-ho is one of the richest Director from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bong Joon-ho 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied Sociology in Yonsei University and was a part of the film club at Yonsei University.

He was awarded an Korean Film Award for Best Director for the Host.

As a child, Bong watched Black Orpheus (1959), which made a big impact on him, on Korean television. While he was in film school, Bong watched the Qatsi trilogy (1982–2002). His main inspirations are from Guillermo del Toro—his favorite films of del Toro’s are The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)—and Oshima Nagisa, describing Oshima as “one of the most controversial masters”. Bong also studied the films of Martin Scorsese and cited him as one of his major influences during his acceptance speech for the Academy Award for Best Director when he won for Parasite (2019). His process when working with actors is to make them feel comfortable and gives them a high amount of freedom when performing, even allowing them to improvise. Bong has commented that he doesn’t like the term ‘Directing Actors’ as he feels that “acting is the actor’s job and it’s something I don’t feel like I can direct”.

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Who is Bong Joon-ho Dating?

According to our records, Bong Joon-ho married to Jung Sun-young. As of December 1, 2023, Bong Joon-ho’s is not dating anyone.

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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 drama Memories of Murder (2003), the monster film The Host (2006), the science fiction action film Snowpiercer (2013), and the Academy Award-winning black comedy social 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.

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Bong Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Bong Joon-ho celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.

Following this, Bong took some time to contribute short films to two anthology film projects. Influenza (2004) is a 30-minute work acted out entirely in front of real CCTV cameras stationed throughout Seoul. The film, which charts a desperate man’s turn to violent crime over the space of five years, was commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival, together with works by Japanese director Sogo Ishii and Hong Kong-based Yu Lik-wai. Twentidentity, meanwhile, is a 20-part anthology film made by alumni of the Korean Academy of Film Arts, on the occasion of the school’s 20th anniversary. Bong’s contribution is Sink & Rise (2003), a work set alongside the Han River.

What is Bong Joon Ho's best film?

Bong’s incredible journey with “Parasite” culminated in six Oscar nominations and historic wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature. The drama is the first foreign- language movie to win Best Picture, and Bong is the first South Korean filmmaker to win Best Director.

What is Bong Joon Ho's last name?

Bong Joon-ho 봉준호
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Korean name
Hangul| 봉준호
Hanja| 奉俊昊

What religion is Bong Joon-Ho?

Religion of Mammon and Parasite Although Bong has a Catholic background—his baptismal name is “Michael”—he hardly uses religious elements in his films except for a small number of depictions…

Does Bong Joon-Ho speak English?

Although Joon-ho can speak English , it’s clear he feels comfortable letting Choi translate for him even on the biggest stages.

Does Bong Joon Ho have children?

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