Hong Sang-soo

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-10-25 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Seoul, South Korea

Hong Sang-soo

Biography

Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 30 films as of 2023. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets, cafes, hotels, schools, and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Characters are seen walking around the city, drinking soju, and having sex. The main characters are often movie directors or actors, and scenes typically consist of a single shot, often beginning and ending with a camera zoom. The budgets for his movies average about $100,000. Hong is often spontaneous ...

Production

2022

2022

The Novelist's Film

as Director of Photography

2022

2021

2010

Ha Ha Ha

as Director

2006

2006

2011

2008

Night and Day

as Director

2011

2005

Tale of Cinema

as Director

2009

2012

2010

Oki's Movie

as Screenplay

2012

In Another Country

as Screenplay

2010

Oki's Movie

as Director

2009

Visitors

as Director

2021

2021

In Front of Your Face

as Director of Photography

2024

2023

In Our Day

as Director of Photography

2023

Small Flower

as Writer

2023

Small Flower

as Editor

2023

Small Flower

as Producer

2023

Small Flower

as Director of Photography

2009

Visitors

as Writer

2021

Letter to the New York Film Festival

as Director of Photography

2005

Tale of Cinema

as Producer

2017

2010

Ha Ha Ha

as Executive Producer

2013

Our Sunhi

as Writer

2013

Our Sunhi

as Director

2009

2014

2014

Hill of Freedom

as Director

2005

2021

Introduction

as Producer

2021

Introduction

as Original Music Composer

2022

Walk Up

as Director

2022

Walk Up

as Writer

2010

Ha Ha Ha

as Writer

2022

Walk Up

as Editor

2022

Walk Up

as Director of Photography

2015

2022

2022

Walk Up

as Original Music Composer

2022

Walk Up

as Producer

2022

The Novelist's Film

as Original Music Composer

2022

2023

Small Flower

as Music

2024

2024

A Traveler's Needs

as Original Music Composer

2011

List

as Writer

2011

List

as Director

2008

Night and Day

as Writer

2016

2016

2023

In Water

as Music

2023

In Water

as Editor

2023

In Water

as Director

2023

In Water

as Producer

2023

In Water

as Director of Photography

2018

2018

Claire's Camera

as Director

2014

Hill of Freedom

as Producer

2017

The Day After

as Director

2017

The Day After

as Writer

2023

In Our Day

as Original Music Composer

2023

In Our Day

as Director

2023

In Our Day

as Writer

2023

In Our Day

as Editor

2018

Grass

as Director

2018

Grass

as Writer

2023

Small Flower

as Director

2024

2024

2024

By the Stream

as Producer

2024

By the Stream

as Director

2024

By the Stream

as Editor

2019

2019

2023

In Our Day

as Producer

2019

2013

Our Sunhi

as Producer

2016

2018

Grass

as Producer

2011

2018

Claire's Camera

as Producer

2012

2020

2020

2020

2020

2020

The Woman Who Ran

as Original Music Composer

2010

Oki's Movie

as Producer

2021

Introduction

as Director

2021

Introduction

as Editor

2021

Introduction

as Writer

2021

Introduction

as Director of Photography

2024

It Snows on You

as Director

2024

It Snows on You

as Cinematography

2017

The Day After

as Producer

2024

A Traveler's Needs

as Director of Photography

2025

What Does That Nature Say to You

as Director of Photography

2025

What Does That Nature Say to You

as Original Music Composer

2024

By the Stream

as Writer

2023

In Water

as Writer

2024

By the Stream

as Director of Photography

2024

By the Stream

as Original Music Composer

2023

In Water

as Original Music Composer

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