Bong Joon-Ho

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• Name Joon-ho Bong
• Hangul: 봉준호
• Birthdate: September 14, 1969
• Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
• Education: Yonsei University, Korean Academy of Film Arts
• Major: Sociology

Notes

1. Bong Joon-Ho was selected as the president of the Caméra d’or jury during the 2011 (64th) Cannes Film Festival. The Caméra d’or prize selects the best first film presented in either the Official Selection, Director's Fortnight or International Critic's Week.

Actor

• Doomsday Book | Inlyumyeolmangbogoseo (2012) - Lee Joon-Ho (segment "Wonderful New World")
• Crush and Blush | Misseu Hongdangmoo (2008) - cameo

Director

• Snow Piercer | Sulguk Yeolcha (2012)
• Mother (2009)
• Tokyo! (2008)
• The Host (2006)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

Short Films

• 3.11 A Sense of Home (2011) - segment "Iki"
• Influenza | Inpeulruenja (2004)

Writer

• Mother (2009)
• The Host (2006)
• Antarctic Journal (2005)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
• Phantom: The Submarine (1999)

Awards

• Best Director / Best Screenwriter ("Mother") - 2010 (4th) Asian Film Awards - March 22, 2010
• Best Film ("Mother") - 2010 (1st) Film of the Year Awards - January 27, 2010
• Best Screenplay ("Mother") - 2009 (29th) Critics Choice Awards - October 2009
• Special Jury Award at Pusan Int’l Film festival
• “Memories of Murder” selected one of top-30 movies by Village Voice of U.S. in 2005
• Silver Prize and New Director Award for “Memories of Murder” at 2003 San Sebastian International Film Festival
• Best Director Award, Best Picture Award and Best Script Award for “Memories of Murder” (2003)
• Best Director Award, Best Script Award, Best Picture Award for “Memories of Murder” at 2003 Chunsa Film Festival
• Best Director Award for “Memories of Murder” at 2003 Daejong Film Festival
• Int’l Critics’ Award for “Barking Dogs Never Bite” at 25th Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival
• Most Talented New Director Award for “Barking Dogs Never Bite” at 2001 Munich Film Festival

Comments

• Comment #1
  Jim Mooney Says:
  May 19 2011 10:39 pm
  

  I hear the director made a film about contamination in Korea. Here's a Real scoop on that.
  
  My neighbor, Steve House, just blew the whistle on burying thousands of drums of Agent Orange on a Korean water table, where they are now dying like flies. He's very sick himself:
  
  http://www.kpho.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4694889
  
  Some people, government inspired no doubt, are trying to say this is made-up, leftist BS, but he's the neighbor and he ain't well. There are also other witnesses.
  
  Of course they lied. Forget that "officer and a gentleman" hooey. The first thing an officer learns is how to lie.
  --
  Jim

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External links

• 2007 SuicideGirls interview with The Host director Joon-ho Bong by Daniel Robert Epstein