Metrópoli Abierta: Barcelona se llena de cine coreano este septiembre: el festival que trae a Park Chan-wook y uno de los grandes éxitos del año
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Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook 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 humor, and often brutal subject matter.
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entertainment · South Korean filmmaker (born 1963) · screenwriter · film director · film producer · film critic · director · also Park Chan-wook, Chan-wook Park, Park Chan-uk, Chan-wook
Born 23 August 1963 · Q315484
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2026· 10 entries
Pulzo: Proyección gratuita de ‘La única opción’ de Park Chan-wook en Bogotá: fecha, lugar y detalles del evento de Idartes
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씨네플레이: Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ vs. Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’: Who will win at 35th Buil Film Awards on Oct. 7
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씨네플레이: Park Chan-wook y «No hay otra opción» frente a Na Hong-jin y «Hope»: el ganador de los 35.º Premios de Cine Buil se conocerá el 7 de octubre
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Park Chan-Wook | Biography, Films, Oldboy, No Other Choice, & Facts
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Times Now: Park Chan-Wook Tells The Odyssey Director Christopher Nolan How He Turned 'American Story' Into No Other Choic
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The Film Stage: Christopher Nolan and Park Chan-wook Discuss The Odyssey, Magic, and Filmmaking Techniques
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South China Morning Post: Park Chan-wook
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Collider: Park Chan-wook Is One of Our Best Directors — So Why Can’t His Films Get an Oscar Nomination?
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The Guardian: ‘I haven’t mellowed my violence’: Park Chan-wook on cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can’t beat AI
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2025· 7 entries
Nerd Reactor: Oldboy Director Park Chan-wook on Influencing Filmmakers and New Film ‘No Other Choice’
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FirstShowing.net: One More IMAX Release Trailer for Park Chan-wook's 'No Other Choice'
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FirstShowing.net: Lee Byung-hun in Park Chan-wook's 'No Other Choice' Full US Trailer
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Collider: Park Chan-wook Refuses to Be "Too Boxed In," From 'Oldboy' to This Year's 'No Other Choice'
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Yahoo: Park Chan-wook Sounds Alarm on AI, Pushes Korean Theatrical Revival With Busan Opener ‘No Other Choice’: ‘A Fear We All Share’
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Yahoo: ‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Satirical Thriller Is a Visual Delight That Sacrifices Its Edge to Slapstick
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The Guardian: No Other Choice review – sensational state-of-the-nation satire from Park Chan-wook
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: TV tonight: Park Chan-wook’s adaptation starring Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr
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2022· 4 entries
The Guardian: Decision to Leave review – Park Chan-wook at his playful, slinky best
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The Guardian: Park Chan-wook: ‘We must accept we have an illness in our society’
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Awarded Cannes Best Director Award for Decision to Leave (2022).
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The Guardian: Decision to Leave review – Tang Wei stuns in Park Chan-wook black-widow noir
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2014· 2 entries
Joined 100 other South Korean signatories in condemning military action in Gaza and calling in Seoul to halt arms sales to Israel
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Park directed a short film A Rose Reborn, commissioned by luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna, co-written by himself, Ayako Fujitani, Chung Chung-hoon and Michael Werwie, scored by Clint Mansell, and starring Jack Huston and
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2013· 1 entry
Park directed his first film in English-language, Stoker
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2011· 1 entry
Brothers Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong collaborated under the creative brand PARKing CHANce to co-write, direct, and produce the fantasy-horror short film Paranmanjang (also known as Night Fishing)
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded Jury Prize for Thirst (2009).
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Awarded Time Machine Award (2009).
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When he received approval from Costa-Gavras who owned the rights and directed a previous rendition of the novel
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Park directed the vampire film Thirst, starring Song Kang-ho, which won the Prix du Jury (alongside Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold) at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
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Quentin Tarantino praised it of "the top twenty films made since 1992
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award for I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Park was a member of the official jury section at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival
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2005· 1 entry
Won Golden Lion for Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005).
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2004· 4 entries
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award for Oldboy (2004).
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Awarded Order of Cultural Merit, 3rd class (2004).
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Awarded Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for Oldboy (2004).
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Awarded Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival for Oldboy (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Shaved his head to protest the deaths of two South Korean schoolgirls in the Yangju highway incident
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2000· 1 entry
Joint Security Area became a major commercial and critical success, surpassing Kang Je-gyu's Shiri as the most-watched film in South Korea at the time
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1999· 1 entry
Park was given the opportunity to create a short film titled Judgement, inspired by the Sampoong Department Store collapse
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1988· 1 entry
Gained experience as an assistant director on Yu Yeong-jin's film Kkamdong
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-08-23.
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