Park Chan-wook

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Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; born August 23, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic.

One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is best known for his films Joint Security Area (2000), Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016) and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). He is also known for his English-language works Stoker (2013) and The Little Drummer Girl (2018), a television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.

Early life

Park was born and raised in Seoul and studied philosophy at Sogang University, where, in light of his disappointment with the analytic orientation of the department and consequent scant offerings in aesthetics, he started a cinema club, the 'Sogang Film Community', and published a number of articles on contemporary cinema. Originally intending to be an art critic, Park, upon seeing Vertigo, resolved to become a filmmaker. After graduation, he wrote articles on film for journals and soon became an assistant director of films like Kkamdong, directed by Yu Yeong-jin, and Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day, directed by Kwak Jae-yong (My Sassy Girl).

Personal life

Park was raised in a devout Catholic family in Korea, and describes himself as an atheist. He has collaborated with his younger brother, Park Chan-kyong, who is a media artist. He dedicated his career tribute to his wife Kim Eun-Hee at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival. He voiced support for the Democratic Labor Party and was also a member of its successor, the New Progressive Party. He supported Justice Party candidate Sim Sang-jung in the 2017 South Korean presidential election.

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Career

The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream (1992), Park's debut feature film. He made his second film, Trio, after five years. Park's early films were not well-received at the box office, and he pursued a career as a film critic to make a living.

Park helmed Joint Security Area, which was a big success both commercially and critically, even surpassing Kang Je-gyu's Shiri as the country's most viewed film ever made. Park's next film could be made more financially by this success. Mr. Vengeance's creative freedom has sparked empathy for him.

The Vengeance Trilogy in Park includes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), and Lady Vengeance (2005). It was not intended to be a trilogy at first. Park was named Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Oldboy. The films explore the utter futility of vengeance and how it wreaks havoc on people's lives. In April 2006, Tartan Films distributed Lady Vengeance for the United States theatrical release. Quentin Tarantino, the American director, is a long-serving Park fan. As the head judge at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, he personally requested that Park's Oldboy be given the Palme d'Or (the award went to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11). The Grand Prix de Monaco was won by Oldboy, Cannes's second highest award. Park's Joint Security Area is also considered one of the top ten films since 1992,' Tarantino says.

Park discussed Sophocles, Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky, Balzac, and Kurt Vonnegut in a May 2004 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Park has been a member of Moho Film, which was involved in the production of Snowpiercer (2013) and The Handmaiden (2016).

Park was a member of the official section jury of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in 2006.

Park received the Alfred Bauer Award at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2007. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, the award, which was named after the festival's founder and in honor of works that include new perspectives, was distributed in Park.

Park produced Thirst, a 2009 Cannes Film Festival winner starring Song Kang-ho, whose longside Fish Tank was directed by Andrea Arnold), which received the Prix du Jury. He considered directing Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but ultimately dropped it.

Park's latest fantasy-horror film Paranmanjang (Night Fishing) was shot entirely on the iPhone in 2011. Park Chan-kyong, Park Chan-kyong's younger brother, had no previous directorial experience, was co-directed by the film's co-director. During the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, it was nominated for Berlinale Shorts and received the Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film.

Stoker, Park's first English-language film, was released in 2013. He said he learned to expedite the production process and finished filming in 480 hours. Although Park does speak English, he used an interpreter on set. Park said that the script attracted his attention because it wasn't a script that promised to tell everything and left several items as questions, so it encourages the audience to find answers for themselves. I love delivering big stories in tiny, artificially created worlds. Park appeared on a panel discussion about the film Stoker at the Freer Gallery of Art in the Smithsonian Museums of Asian Art on March 2nd.

Park directed a short film directed by luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna, co-written by himself, Ayako Fujitani, Chung Chung-hoon, and Michael Werwie, starring Jack Huston and Daniel Wu in 2014. It was shown at the Rome International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival.

Park would adapt Fingersmith, a historical crime book by Sarah Waters, in September 2014. The film was released in mid-2015 and finished on October 31, 2015. The film ended up being called The Handmaiden and premiered in competition to rave reviews at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where Artistic Director Seong-hie Ryu won the Vulcain Prize for the Technical Arts, and both the Palme d' Or and Queer Palm were nominated for both the Palme d' Or and Queer Palm. The Handmaiden received Best New Actress (Tae-ri Kim), The Buil Readers' Jury Award, and Best Art Direction (Seong-hie Ryu). Rotten Tomatoes has a 95% approval and has seen box office success in a variety of countries, including South Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Park had agreed to produce Second Born, the sci-fi body-swap film that was released in October 2014.

Park would produce a TV miniseries version of The Little Drummer Girl, a John le Carré book, in January 2018. In October of that year, it premiered on BBC One, starring Michael Shannon, Florence Pugh, and Alexander Skarsg;rd.

Park said he is scripting scripts for feature films, for theater and television, including a new addition to the Vengeance Trilogy and a second edition of Donald E. Westlake's book The Axe.

He was working on his next film's screenplay, tentatively titled Heeojil gyeolsim (The Decision to Break Up) in May 2020. Tang Wei and Park Hae-il appear in the film, which is described as a melodrama. The film's name was revealed in October 2020 as Decision to Leave, with the tale described as a murder mystery romance. Later this month, the film was scheduled to begin shooting. Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2015 book The Sympathizer was one of a TV adaptation in April 2021, with Park Chan-wook directing. He was named Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for his film "Decision to Leave."

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