About Park Chan-wook
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 Park Chan-wook's most popular movies include:
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 86 production credits.
Directing
Credited for Director in 29 shows -
The Ax,
The Jailbreaker,
Highway to Heaven,
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream,
7th Heaven,
Trio,
Judgement,
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,
If You Were Me,
Never Ending Peace and Love,
Never Ending Peace and Love,
Three… Extremes,
Cut,
Oldboy,
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,
Decision to Leave and
The Sympathizer.
Writing
Credited for Writer in 23 shows -
The Jailbreaker,
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 Truth Beneath,
The Handmaiden,
Decades Apart,
Life Is But a Dream,
Decision to Leave,
The Sympathizer and
Uprising.
Credited for Original Film Writer in 1 show -
Oldboy.
Editing
Production
Credited for Producer in 12 shows -
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,
Decision to Leave and
Uprising.
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