Bong Joon-ho
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Bong Joon-ho at the Japan premiere of Okja (2017)
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| Korean spelling | |
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| Hangeul | 봉준호 |
| Hanja | 奉 俊 昊 |
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Revised Romanization |
Bong Jun-ho |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Pong Chunho |
Bong Joon-ho (born September 14, 1969 in Daegu , South Korea ) is a South Korean director , screenwriter and film producer . His greatest success to date was the feature film Parasite (2019), for which he was awarded the prizes for Best Picture , Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 2020 Academy Awards . In addition, Bong's directorial work won the Oscar for Best International Film .
Life
Bong Joon-ho studied sociology at Yonsei University . He also graduated from the Korean Film Academy . He then directed many short films before making his first full-length feature film in 2000 with the comedy Dogs That Bark, Don't Bite . Even for his first work, Bong was attested to have excellent abilities in many cases.
His second feature film, the thriller Memories of Murder , received critical acclaim and received four Grand Bell Awards in South Korea , including that for best director. The film has also received positive reviews on various occasions in the USA and Europe, and Bong Joon-ho received another award for directing at the International Film Festival in San Sebastián .
The 2006 monster film The Host finally made Bong the star director of South Korean cinema. In less than three weeks, The Host drew over 10 million viewers, setting a new record. The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival , was also an international success. The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma named it the third best film of 2006. The US film studio Universal secured the rights for sequels. In addition to another Grand Bell Award for best director, Bong received other awards and nominations from renowned film competitions.
In the eyes of the critics, Bong was able to meet the high expectations of his next project, the 2009 thriller drama Mother . The film received various awards for best foreign language film, especially in the USA.
In 2011, Bong Joon-ho chaired the Caméra-d'Or jury, which awarded the prize for the best debut film at the 64th Cannes Film Festival .
His first international production followed. He filmed the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige in English with Chris Evans , Song Kang-ho , Tilda Swinton , Jamie Bell and Ko Ah-sung in the leading roles. Snowpiercer hit theaters in 2013. The film Okja followed in 2017 with the support of Netflix .
In 2016, Bong received the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
In 2019, his film Parasite was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival . It was the first time a South Korean film had won this award. Parasite also won numerous other awards, including four Academy Awards in the categories of Best Picture , Best Director , Best Original Screenplay (together with Han Jin-won ) and Best International Film . The latter category is traditionally not linked to a person. For the first time in the history of the Academy Awards, a foreign-language production triumphed in the king's category of best film . Other awards included the British Academy Film Award and the Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film.
The Munich Film Festival dedicated a retrospective to him in 2019.
Like Park Chan-wook , he was a member of the socialist Minju-nodong party ( 민주 노동당 , Democratic Labor Party).
Style and themes
Bong Joon-ho's directorial work is described as very multifaceted, both in terms of staging style and content. The supposed entertainment genres that he has served with his previous films, especially with The Host , are enriched with skillful and psychologically coherent character studies as well as pronounced social criticism, in Memories of Murder, for example, through a processing of the late South Korean military dictatorship in the 1980s. A very dense atmosphere would be contrasted with ironic, black humor breaks and sometimes rapid changes in tempo. Nevertheless, his films would seem like a single piece.
Filmography
| space | Movie |
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| 26th | Parasite |
| 180 | Memories of Murder |
Scriptwriter only
- 1997: Motel Cactus (Motel Seoninjang)
- 2005: The Phantom from the Ice (Namgeuk-ilgi)
- 2014: Haemoo
Writer and director
- 2000: Dogs that bark don't bite (Flandersui gae)
- 2003: Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok)
- 2006: The Host (Gwoemul)
- 2008: Tokyo!
- 2009: Mother (Madeo)
- 2013: Snowpiercer
- 2017: Okja
- 2019: Parasite
Awards (selection)
Parasite has won over 200 film and festival awards to date and has been nominated for more than 180 others. Awards in the categories of Best Film , Best International Film , Best Director and Best Original Screenplay followed at the 2020 Academy Awards .
A selection of the awards received:
2019
- Best movie
- Best Director (Bong Joon-ho)
Buil Film Awards
- Best movie
- Best Screenplay (Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won)
Cannes International Film Festival
- Golden Palm (Best Film)
Chunsa Film Awards
- Best Director (Bong Joon-ho)
- Best Screenplay (Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won)
- Best Director (Bong Joon-ho)
- Best foreign language film
- Best international film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best movie
- Best Director (Bong Joon-ho)
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Sydney Film Prize (Best Film)
2020
- Best Non-English Language Film
- Best Original Screenplay (Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won)
National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Best movie
- Best Screenplay (Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won)
Writers Guild of America Awards
- Best Original Screenplay (Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won)
Web links
- Bong Joon-ho in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bong Joon-ho in the Korean Movie Database
- Bong Joon-ho on HanCinema
- Interview of the mirror with Bong Joon-ho
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Umard: Korean cinema. In the land of the movie maniacs. In: epd film . March 25, 2014, accessed July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ La liste de la rédaction des Cahiers . Cahiers du Cinema , 2006, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on April 21, 2018 (Spanish, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Lee Hyo-won: South Korean Director Bong Joon Ho to Receive French Honor. In: The Hollywood Reporter . November 1, 2016, accessed October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Retrospectives: Mads Brügger and Joon-ho Bong . Press release of May 27, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019.
- ↑ Bong Joon-ho retrospective . Article dated May 28, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019.
- ^ Roger Ebert : A South Korean "Zodiac" . Chicago Sun-Times , May 22, 2012; archived from the original on February 8, 2013 ; accessed on April 21, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ The Bong Joon-ho Page on koreafilm.org
- ↑ The Top 250 of the IMDb (as of April 26, 2020)
- ^ Parasite Awards . In: imdb.com (accessed February 10, 2020).
- ↑ Pierce Conran: PARASITE Sweeps 6 Prizes at Buil Film Awards. BONG Joon-ho's Latest Takes Home Best Film among 6 Prizes in Busan. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, October 14, 2019, accessed on October 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm for "Parasite" (Bong Joon-ho). In: Zeit Online . May 25, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Winners Of 2019 Chunsa Film Art Awards. In: Soompi . July 18, 2019, accessed on July 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Jan-Ole Gersters LARA and Bon Joon Hos PARASITE among the winners of the renowned Gilde Film Prize. In: Filmkunstmesse Leipzig . September 20, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Patrick Frater: 'Parasite' Wins Sydney Film Festival. In: Variety . June 16, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bong, Joon-ho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 봉준호 (Korean); Bong Jun-ho (revised romanization) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Daegu , South Korea |