Bong Joon-Ho

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Korean director Bong Joon Ho holds his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Parasite, wearing glasses and a black suit.

Publicity still from Parasite (2019) shows four main characters sitting on the floor in a dimly lit room, assembling pizza boxes with stacks of boxes behind them.

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Patricia Bauer
Pat Bauer graduated from Ripon College in 1977 with a double major in Spanish and Theatre. She spent most of the next 42 years working as a copy editor and editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: BFI - Alan Moore pushed me to think less about the killer and more about the spirit of the times: Bong Joon Ho on Memories of Murder.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 21, 2026
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 31, 2026
	Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Cinematic Comrades: Bong Joon-hos Auteurism and Song Kang-hos Performance.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 22, 2026
	Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Screen Show - Program: Parasite: interview with Cannes and Sydney Film Festival winning director Bong Joon-ho.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 12, 2026
	Add new Web site: CNN Entertainment - Bong Joon Ho had a big year. It wasnt all because of Parasite.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 28, 2026
	Add new Web site: BBC - The Film Programme - Bong Joon-ho on Parasite.	Grace Young	Jan 06, 2026
	Add new Web site: CBC Listen - Bong Joon Ho is back with Mickey 17.	Grace Young	Nov 21, 2025
	Add new Web site: NPR - In 'Mickey 17,' director Bong Joon Ho goes easy on his hapless hero.	Grace Young	Oct 10, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC - The Film Programme - Bong Joon-ho on Parasite.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 02, 2025
	Add new Web site: Walker Art Center - Dialogues and Film Retrospectives: Bong Joon Ho.	Grace Young	May 23, 2025
	Noted the release of Mickey 17 (2025).	Will Gosner	Mar 31, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Arts Hour - Korean film director Bong Joon-ho.	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 13, 2025
	Add new Web site: The Guardian - Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair'.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 31, 2024
	Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Bong Joon-ho.	Grace Young	Jun 21, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 10, 2024
	Add new Web site: BFI - The makings of Bong Joon Ho.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 08, 2023
	Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Cinematic Comrades: Bong Joon-hos Auteurism and Song Kang-hos Performance.	Gloria Lotha	May 22, 2023
	New article added.	Patricia Bauer	Apr 08, 2021