| Bong Joon-ho | |
|---|---|
 Joon-ho at the 92nd Academy Awards | |
| 4 Nominations / 4 Wins | |
| Role | Director, Screenwriter |
| Born | September 14, 1969 |
| Daegu, South Korea | |
Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker. He garnered international acclaim for his second feature film, the crime drama Memories of Murder (2003), before achieving commercial success with his subsequent films, the black comedy monster movie The Host (2006) and the dystopian sci-fi Snowpiercer (2013), both of which are among the highest-grossing films of all time in South Korea. His films feature social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden mood shifts. Two of his films have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival—Okja, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and Parasite, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. He became the first Korean director to win the Palme d'Or. For Parasite, Bong received Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Bong was the first Asian filmmaker to receive all four awards for one film. He also tied the record of most wins in a single night with Walt Disney who set the record in 1953, and the only person to win four awards for a single film.
Wins[]
- 92nd Academy Awards, 2019
- Best Director — Parasite
- Best International Feature Film — Parasite
- Best Original Screenplay — Parasite (shared with Han Jin-won)
- Best Picture — Parasite (shared with Kwak Sin-ae)
Nominations[]
- 92nd Academy Awards, 2019
- Best Director — Parasite
- Best International Feature Film — Parasite
- Best Original Screenplay — Parasite (shared with Han Jin-won)
- Best Picture — Parasite (shared with Kwak Sin-ae)