Place of Birth: Daegu, South Korea
Date of Birth: September 14, 1969
Ethnicity: Korean
Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is known for his films The Host (2007), Snowpiercer, Okja, and Parasite.
His father, Bong Sang-gyun, is a graphic designer.
Bong’s maternal grandfather was Park Taewon. He was an author, known for his novel A Day in the Life of Novelist Gubo.