Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon- ho ( born September 14, 1969 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Life

Bong Joon-ho graduated from the Korean Film Academy. He then led many short films before 2000 with the comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite shot his first full-length feature film. Even for his first work Joon -ho have been widely attested outstanding skills.

His second feature film, the thriller Memories of Murder, was highly praised by critics and in South Korea several prizes, including four Grand Bell Awards, including the Best Director. Even in the U.S. and Europe, the film has been variously discussed positive, another award for his direction was Bong Joon-ho about the International Film Festival in San Sebastian.

The published in 2006 monster movie The Host made ​​Joon -ho finally the star director of the South Korean cinema. In less than three weeks The Host attracted over 10 million viewers, which he set a new record. Internationally, the film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, an audience success. The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma lists him as the third best film of the year 2006., The U.S. film studio Universal secured the rights for sequels. In addition another Grand Bell Award for Best Director Joon -ho received other awards and nominations renowned film competitions.

The high expectations on his next project, which was published in 2009 thriller drama Mother, Joon -ho could meet in the eyes of most critics. Especially in the U.S., the film received several awards for best foreign language film in this category he was nominated for an Oscar.

2011 was Bong Joon-ho before the Caméra d'Or jury that awarded the prize for the best first film at the 64th Film Festival in Cannes.

As Park Chan -wook, he is a member of the Socialist Democratic Workers' Party.

Style and themes

Bong Joon- ho's directorial work can be described as very diverse, both in terms of directorial style as well as the content. The alleged entertainment genres that he Operating the with his previous films, particularly with The Host were enriched with skillful and psychologically coherent character studies as well as distinctive social criticism, in Memories of Murder about by a reappraisal of the late South Korean military dictatorship in the 1980s. A very dense atmosphere stood against ironic, black-humored fractures and partially rapid tempo changes. Nevertheless, his films would act as a unified whole.

Filmography

• 2000: Barking Dogs Never Bite ( Flandersui gae )
• 2003: Memories of Murder ( Salinui chueok )
• 2005: Antarctic Journal ( Namgeuk - ilgi; screenplay)
• 2006: The Host ( Gwoemul )
• 2009: Mother ( Madeo )
• 2013: Snowpiercer