Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-hois a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His films include South Korean hits Memories of Murder, based on a true-life serial murder case, monster movie The Host, and his first English-language film, science fiction adventure Snowpiercer...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 September 1969
open-minded korean film
In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.
mother important culture
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
goal film surprising
I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
horror-genre style fans
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.
cutting creative guarantees
No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.
mother strong children
The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.
writing ideas stories
The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.
korea censorship
There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.
emotion korean film
There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.
hate waiting tails
I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.
writing scripts
I always write the script by myself.
kids tvs genre
When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.
cannes-film-festival fans paradise
As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.
hate expectations feelings
I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre.