Park Chan-wook
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.
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Movies (64)
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
2026 · Self – Director
Cérémonie de palmarès du 79e Festival de Cannes
2026 · Self
The 23rd Annual Unforgettable Awards
2026
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
No Other Choice
2025 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Han Kang Chronicles: A Tale of Seven Lives
2025 · Self
Uprising
2024 · Writer, Executive Producer
I Haven’t Done Anything
2023 · Self
Kultur-King Korea
2022
Decision to Leave
2022 · Producer, Writer, Director
Making of The Handmaiden
2018 · Self
Believe It or Not
2018 · Producer
Plankton Salesmen
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Reawakening of memories
2017 · Editor
Decades Apart
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
Old Days: An Oldboy Story
2016 · Self
The Truth Beneath
2016 · Writer
The Handmaiden
2016 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Shameless
2015 · Creative Producer, Executive Producer
Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
2015 · Self
A Rose Reborn
2014 · Director, Writer
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014 · Self
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014 · Director, Producer
Oldboy: Días de Venganza
2013 · Original Film Writer
Snowpiercer
2013 · Executive Producer
V
2013 · Director
Lee Jung Hyun: V
2013 · Director
Lazos perversos
2013 · Director
Day Trip
2012 · Director, Producer, Writer
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
A Boy with Arms
2012 · Editor
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Writer, Director
Night Fishing
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Through Korean Cinema
2010 · Self
Making of Thirst
2010
Too Fragile to Be Loved
2010 · Editor
Thirst
2009 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
Crush and Blush
2008 · Passerby, Screenplay, Producer
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007 · Self
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Zinda
2006 · Original Film Writer
The Making of Lady Vengeance
2005
A Boy Who Went to Heaven
2005 · Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
The Process of Mr. Vengeance
2005 · Self
Lady Vengeance
2005 · Director, Screenplay
Autobiography of Oldboy
2004
Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
2004 · (archive footage)
Three... Extremes
2004 · Director, Writer
Oldboy
2003 · Screenplay, Director
If You Were Me
2003 · Director, Writer
Never Ending Peace and Love
2003 · Director, Writer
A Bizarre Love Triangle
2002 · Writer
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Bus Passenger (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
The Humanist
2001 · Writer
Joint Security Area
2000 · Screenplay, Director, Production Assistant
The Anarchists
2000 · Writer
Judgement
1999 · Writer, Director, Producer
Trio
1997 · Director, Writer
Mascara
1995
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
1992 · Director, Writer
The Jailbreaker
· Director, Writer
Genocidal Organ
· Director, Writer
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
· Director, Producer, Screenplay
TV shows (11)
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025 · Self
인생이 영화
2025
El simpatizante
2024 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
Nattering with Nah
2023
Snowpiercer
2020 · Executive Producer
Modern Korea
2019 · Self (archive footage)
La chica del tambor
2018 · Executive Producer, Director
You Quiz on the Block
2018 · Self
Movie Room
2018 · Self
Entourage
2016 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest