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About Sang-soo Hong
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean film director.


Contents


1 Career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 Bibliography
5 External links


Career[edit source | edit]
Hong Sang-soo began his film career at Chung-Ang University in South Korea, before moving to the United States where he received his bachelor's degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts and his master's degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hong made his official directorial debut at age 35 with The Day a Pig Fell into the Well in 1996. Praised by South Korean critics for its originality, the film received several awards domestically and internationally, including three for best new director.
Many of Hong's films have received critical acclaim for the director/screenwriter's portrayal and depictions of everyday human relationships. Although most of his works are not considered commercially successful, Hong is one of the most well-known Korean directors in the international film world and has received many international awards for his low budget arthouse films.
Hahaha won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Starring Isabelle Huppert, In Another Country competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, which marks the eighth time that Hong's films has been featured at Cannes.
His 14th film Nobody's Daughter Haewon screened in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
His 15th film Our Sunhi won the 66th Locarno International Film Festival Silver Leopard Award for Best Director.
Filmography[edit source | edit]

The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날) (1996)
The Power of Kangwon Province (강원도의 힘) (1998)
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (오! 수정) (2000)
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (생활의 발견) (2002)
Woman Is the Future of Man (여자는 남자의 미래다) (2004)
Tale of Cinema (극장전) (2005)
Woman on the Beach (해변의 여인) (2006)
Night and Day (밤과 낮) (2008)
Jeonju Digital Project "Visitors": Lost in the Mountains (어떤 방문: 첩첩산중) (short film, 2009)
Like You Know It All (잘 알지도 못하면서) (2009)
Hahaha (하하하) (2010)[10][11][12]
Oki's Movie (옥희의 영화) (2010)
The Day He Arrives (북촌방향) (2011)[13][14]
List (리스트) (short film, 2011)
In Another Country (다른 나라에서) (2012)[15]
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (누구의 딸도 아닌 해원) (2013)
Our Sunhi (우리 선희) (2013)

References[edit source | edit]


^ Min, Eung-jun; Joo, Jin-sook; Kwak, Han-ju (2003). "5. Discourses of Modernity and Postmodernity in Contemporary Korean Cinema". Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. p. 142. ISBN 0-275-95811-6. 
^ "Festival de Cannes: Hahaha". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 
^ "Awards 2010". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-08. 
^ "Festival de Cannes: In Another Country". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2012-04-19. 
^ Jung, Hyun-mok; Cho, Jae-eun (8 June 2012). "Deconstructing Hong: Master of complexity, contradiction in film". Korea JoongAng Daily. 
^ Lee, Claire (20 April 2012). "Im and Hong head to Cannes film fest". The Korea Herald. 
^ "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlinale. 13 December 2012. 
^ Jackson, Julie (18 August 2013). "Newsmaker: Hong Sang-soo wins Best Director at Locarno". The Korea Herald. 
^ "Hong Sang-soo Nabs Best Director Award at Locarno for Our Sunhi". The Chosun Ilbo. 19 August 2013. 
^ Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "INTERVIEW: Hong Sang-soo - Part 1". 10Asia. 
^ Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "INTERVIEW: Hong Sang-soo - Part 2". 10Asia. 
^ Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "INTERVIEW: Hong Sang-soo - Part 3". 10Asia. 
^ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 1". 10Asia. 
^ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 2". 10Asia. 
^ "In Another Country, both pitiable and charming, the 13th film from director HONG Sangsoo". Movieweek via Korean Film Council. 15 June 2012. 


Bibliography[edit source | edit]

Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "7. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Too Early/Too Late: Temporality and Repetition in Hong Sang-su's Films". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 203–230. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1. 

External links[edit source | edit]

Hong Sang-soo at the Internet Movie Database
Hong Sangsoo's Unsexy Sex at The Film Journal
Where are the Snows of Yesteryear?: Hong Sang-soo Searches for Lost Time in Woman is the Future of Man at Senses of Cinema
Let's Not Turn Into Monsters, Okay?: The Films of Hong Sang-soo at Stylus Magazine









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Films directed by Hong Sang-soo






1990s



The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996)
The Power of Kangwon Province (1998)








2000s



Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000)
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)
Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
Tale of Cinema (2005)
Woman on the Beach (2006)
Night and Day (2008)
Like You Know It All (2009)








2010s



Hahaha (2010)
Oki's Movie (2010)
The Day He Arrives (2011)
In Another Country (2012)
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
Our Sunhi (2013)








Shorts



Visitors ("Lost in the Mountains"; 2009)
List (2012)









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