Park Chan-wook (박찬욱; born August 23, 1963) 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 best known for his films Joint Security Area (2000), Thirst (2009), The Handmaiden (2016) and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005).
He is also known for his English-language works Stoker (2013) and The Little Drummer Girl (2018), a television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.
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- The Moon Is… the Sun’s Dream (1992)
- Trio (1997)
- Judgment (1999) – short
- Anarchists (2000) – co-writer
- Joint Security Area (2000)
- The Humanist (2002) co-writer
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
- A Bizarre Love Triangle (2002) co-writer
- If You Were Me (2003) anthology
- Oldboy (2003)
- Three… Extremes (2004) – anthology, directed along with Fruit Chan and Takashi Miike
- Lady Vengeance (2005)
- Boy Goes to Heaven (2005) – co-writer
- I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006)
- Crush and Blush (2008) – co-writer
- Thirst (2009)
- Night Fishing (2011) – short, co-director
- Day Trip (2012) – short, co-director
- Stoker (2013) – director
- Bitter Sweet Seoul (2014) – documentary, co-director
- A Rose Reborn (2014) – short
- The Handmaiden (2016)
- The Truth Beneath (2016) – co-writer
- The Little Drummer Girl (2018) – miniseries
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