Park Chan-wook
Directing
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; pronounced [pak̚tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean filmmaker and former film critic. Widely regarded as a leading figure in South Korean and 21st-century world cinema, he is known for films that blend crime, mystery, and thriller elements with other genres. His films are noted for their cinematography, framing, black humour, and often brutal subject matter. After two unsuccessful films in the 1990s, which he has since largely disowned, Park came to prominence with his acclaimed third directorial effort, Joint Security Area (2000), which became the highest-grossing film in South Korean history at the time and which Park himself prefers to be regarded as his directorial debut. Using his newfound creative freedom, he would go on to direct the films forming his unofficial The Vengeance Trilogy: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), a financial failure that polarised critics, followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005), both of which received critical acclaim and were financially successful. Oldboy in particular is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, and helped establish Park as a well-known director outside his native country. Most of Park's work following The Vengeance Trilogy was also commercially and critically successful both in South Korea and internationally, such as Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016), which earned Park the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and Decision to Leave (2022), which won the Best Director award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the English-language miniseries The Little Drummer Girl (2018) and The Sympathizer (2024). His 2025 film No Other Choice was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Park Chan-wook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieNo Other Choice
2025
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tvThe Sympathizer
2024
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movieDecision to Leave
2022
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movieLife is But a Dream
2022
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tvThe Little Drummer Girl
2018
Director
movieDecades Apart
2017
Director
movieThe Handmaiden
2016
Director
movieA Rose Reborn
2014
Director
movieBitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014
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movieV
2013
Director
movieLee Jung Hyun: V
2013
Director
movieStoker
2013
Director
movieDay Trip
2012
Director
movieNight Fishing
2011
Director
movieThirst
2009
Director
movieLady Vengeance
2005
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movieThree... Extremes
2004
Director
movieOldboy
2003
Director
movieIf You Were Me
2003
Director
movieJoint Security Area
2000
Director
movieJudgement
1999
Director
movieTrio
1997
Director
movieThe Brigands of Rattlecreek
Director
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movieNo Other Choice
2025
Screenplay
movieUprising
2024
Writer
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
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movieDecades Apart
2017
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movieThe Handmaiden
2016
Writer
movieThe Shameless
2015
Creative Producer
movieA Rose Reborn
2014
Writer
movieOldboy
2013
Original Film Writer
movieDay Trip
2012
Writer
movieNight Fishing
2011
Writer
movieThirst
2009
Screenplay
movieCrush and Blush
2008
Screenplay
movieI'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006
Screenplay
movieZinda
2006
Original Film Writer
movieLady Vengeance
2005
Screenplay
movieOldboy
2003
Screenplay
movieIf You Were Me
2003
Writer
movieSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
Screenplay
movieThe Humanist
2001
Writer
movieJoint Security Area
2000
Screenplay
movieThe Anarchists
2000
Writer
movieJudgement
1999
Writer
movieTrio
1997
Writer
movieThe Brigands of Rattlecreek
Screenplay
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tvModern Korea
2019
Self (archive footage)
tvMovie Room
2018
Self
moviePlankton Salesmen
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvEntourage
2016
Self
movieCrush and Blush
2008
Passerby
movieKatanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
2004
(archive footage)
movieSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
tvThe Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
Nino
Self - director
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movieNo Other Choice
2025
Producer
movieUprising
2024
Executive Producer
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Executive Producer
movieDecision to Leave
2022
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tvSnowpiercer
2020
Executive Producer
tvThe Little Drummer Girl
2018
Executive Producer
movieBelieve It or Not
2018
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movieDecades Apart
2017
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movieThe Handmaiden
2016
Executive Producer
movieThe Shameless
2015
Executive Producer
movieBitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014
Producer
movieSnowpiercer
2013
Executive Producer
movieDay Trip
2012
Producer
movieNight Fishing
2011
Producer
movieThirst
2009
Producer
movieCrush and Blush
2008
Producer
movieJoint Security Area
2000
Production Assistant
movieJudgement
1999
Producer
movieThe Brigands of Rattlecreek
Producer
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tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Creator