Park Chan-wook

Actor Profile
Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 and is currently 59 years old.

Biography

Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱 Korean pronunciation: [pak̚t͡ɕʰanuk̚ ]; born August 23, 1963; Seoul) 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 most known for his films The Handmaiden and The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance). His films are noted for their immaculate framing and often brutal subject matter. In a May 2004 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Park listed Sophocles, Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Kurt Vonnegut and others as being influences on his career. In a later interview for Lady Vengeance, Park listed Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Aldrich, Ingmar Bergman, Sam Fuller, Roman Polanski and Kim Ki-young as cinematic influences.

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Movie Credits

Park Chan-wook has appeared in 14 movies.

Some of the most popular movies include:
Full Cast of Old Days
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
Full Cast of Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
Full Cast of Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Full Cast of Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Full Cast of Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
Autobiography of 'Oldboy'
Full Cast of Mascara
Full Cast of Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Full Cast of Through Korean Cinema
Full Cast of Kam-bo
Kultur-King Korea

TV Credits

Park Chan-wook has appeared in 2 TV Series.

These include Entourage and My Room, Row 1.

Production Credits

Park Chan-wook has 84 production credits.

Directing

Credited for Director in 29 shows - The Sympathizer, The Ax, The Jailbreaker, Highway to Heaven, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream, 7th Heaven, Trio, Judgement, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Baby Looney Tunes, Never Ending Peace and Love, If You Were Me, Never Ending Peace and Love, Three… Extremes, Cut, I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, Thirst, Night Fishing, 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, Day Trip, Stoker, Lee Jung Hyun: V, Bitter, Sweet, Seoul, A Rose Reborn, The Handmaiden, Decades Apart, The Little Drummer Girl, Life Is But a Dream and Decision to Leave.

Production

Credited for Producer in 12 shows - War and Revolt, Judgement, I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, Crush and Blush, Thirst, Night Fishing, Day Trip, Bitter, Sweet, Seoul, Decades Apart, Believe It or Not, Life Is But a Dream and Decision to Leave.
Credited for Executive Producer in 5 shows - The Sympathizer, Snowpiercer, The Handmaiden, The Little Drummer Girl and Snowpiercer.
Credited for Production Assistant in 1 show - Highway to Heaven.

Writing

Credited for Writer in 22 shows - The Jailbreaker, War and Revolt, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream, Trio, Judgement, The Anarchists, The Humanist, A Bizarre Love Triangle, If You Were Me, Never Ending Peace and Love, Three… Extremes, Cut, A Boy Who Went to Heaven, Night Fishing, 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, Day Trip, A Rose Reborn, The Handmaiden, The Truth Beneath, Decades Apart, Life Is But a Dream and Decision to Leave.
Credited for Original Film Writer in 1 show - Oldboy.
Credited for Screenplay in 7 shows - Highway to Heaven, 7th Heaven, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Baby Looney Tunes, I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, Crush and Blush and Thirst.
Credited for Creative Producer in 1 show - The Shameless.
Credited for Comic Book in 1 show - Highway to Heaven.

Editing

Credited for Editor in 3 shows - Too Fragile to Be Loved, A Boy with Arms and Reawakening of memories.

Creator

Credited for Creator in 2 shows - The Sympathizer and The Little Drummer Girl.