Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Park Chan-wook
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 41
TMDB ID: 10099
IMDb ID: nm0661791
Known for: Directing
Born: August 23, 1963
Age: 63
Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1992 - 2026
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q315484
Also known as
Chan-wook Park
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Writer (8)Executive Producer (4)Screenplay (4)Producer (3)Original Film Writer (2)Creative Producer (1)Editor (1)
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Park Chan-wook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Park Chan-wook.
Decades Apart
Director
2017 Movie
The Handmaiden
Director
2016 Movie
A Rose Reborn
Director
2014 Movie
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
Director
2014 Movie
V
Director
2013 Movie
Lee Jung Hyun: V
Director
2013 Movie
Stoker
Director
2013 Movie
Day Trip
Director
2012 Movie
Night Fishing
Director
2011 Movie
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Director
2006 Movie
Lady Vengeance
Director
2005 Movie
Three... Extremes
Director
2004 Movie
If You Were Me
Director
2003 Movie
Never Ending Peace and Love
Director
2003 Movie
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Director
2002 Movie
Trio
Director
1997 Movie
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
Director
1992 Movie
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
Director
Movie
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Park Chan-wook.
Oldboy
Screenplay
2003 Movie
The Handmaiden
Director
2016 Movie
Joint Security Area
Screenplay
2000 Movie
Lady Vengeance
Director
2005 Movie
No Other Choice
Producer
2025 Movie
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Director
2002 Movie
Decision to Leave
Producer
2022 Movie
Thirst
Screenplay
2009 Movie
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Director
2006 Movie
Uprising
Writer
2024 Movie
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
Three... Extremes
Director
2004 Movie
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Park Chan-wook.
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2020 Series
The Little Drummer Girl
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2018 Series
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer • 7 eps
2024 Series
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1996 Series
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Park Chan-wook.
The Handmaiden
Director
2016 Movie
Oldboy
Screenplay
2003 Movie
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
No Other Choice
Producer
2025 Movie
Decision to Leave
Producer
2022 Movie
Oldboy
Original Film Writer
2013 Movie
Lady Vengeance
Director
2005 Movie
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Director
2002 Movie
Joint Security Area
Screenplay
2000 Movie
Stoker
Director
2013 Movie
Thirst
Screenplay
2009 Movie
Uprising
Writer
2024 Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Park Chan-wook.
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1996 Series
You Quiz on the Block
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2020 Series
Movie Room
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer • 7 eps
2024 Series
Nattering with Nah
1 eps
2023 Series
The Little Drummer Girl
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2018 Series
Entourage
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
인생이 영화
1 eps
2025 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Park Chan-wook.
No Other Choice
Producer
2025 Movie
Uprising
Writer
2024 Movie
Decision to Leave
Producer
2022 Movie
Believe It or Not
Producer
2018 Movie
Reawakening of memories
Editor
2017 Movie
The Truth Beneath
Writer
2016 Movie
The Shameless
Creative Producer
2015 Movie
Oldboy
Original Film Writer
2013 Movie
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Writer
2011 Movie
Thirst
Screenplay
2009 Movie
Crush and Blush
Screenplay
2008 Movie
Zinda
Original Film Writer
2006 Movie
A Boy Who Went to Heaven
Writer
2005 Movie
Oldboy
Screenplay
2003 Movie
A Bizarre Love Triangle
Writer
2002 Movie
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Park Chan-wook.
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer • 7 eps
2024 Series
Snowpiercer
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2020 Series
The Little Drummer Girl
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2018 Series
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Park Chan-wook.
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
as Self – Director
2026 Movie
Cérémonie de palmarès du 79e Festival de Cannes
as Self
2026 Movie
The 23rd Annual Unforgettable Awards
2026 Movie
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self
2026 Movie
Han Kang Chronicles: A Tale of Seven Lives
as Self
2025 Movie
I Haven’t Done Anything
as Self
2023 Movie
Kultur-King Korea
2022 Movie
Making of The Handmaiden
2018 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
Old Days
as Self
2016 Movie
Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
as Self
2015 Movie
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
as Self
2014 Movie
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Park Chan-wook.
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
인생이 영화
1 eps
2025 Series
Nattering with Nah
1 eps
2023 Series
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
You Quiz on the Block
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Movie Room
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
Entourage
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1996 Series