Hong Sang-soo
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-10-25 (64 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 when shooting, delivering the day's scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set. He rarely prepares scripts in advance. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmer's films appear in some films directed by Hong.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
(2021)
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
as Narrator (Voice)
(2012)
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
as Himself
(2006)
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
as Himself
Crew
At the Middle of Life
Director, Writer
(2025)
What Does That Nature Say to You
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer
(2024)
A Traveler's Needs
Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
(2024)
By the Stream
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
(2024)
It Snows on You
Director, Cinematography
(2023)
Small Flower
Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Music, Director
(2023)
In Our Day
Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(2023)
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Director, Writer
(2023)
In Water
Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
(2022)
The Novelist's Film
Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
(2022)
Walk Up
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer
(2021)
In Front of Your Face
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Music, Writer, Producer
(2021)
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
(2021)
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
(2021)
Introduction
Original Music Composer, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
(2020)
The Woman Who Ran
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Producer
(2019)
Hotel by the River
Director, Writer, Producer
(2018)
Claire's Camera
Director, Writer, Producer
(2018)
Grass
Director, Writer, Producer
(2017)
The Day After
Music, Director, Writer, Producer
(2017)
On the Beach at Night Alone
Director, Writer, Producer
(2016)
Yourself and Yours
Director, Writer, Producer
(2015)
Right Now, Wrong Then
Writer, Director
(2014)
Hill of Freedom
Director, Writer, Producer
(2013)
Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
Director, Writer, Producer
(2013)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Writer, Director
(2013)
Our Sunhi
Writer, Director, Producer
(2012)
In Another Country
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(2011)
The Day He Arrives
Director, Writer, Producer
(2011)
List
Director, Writer
(2010)
Ha Ha Ha
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
(2010)
Oki's Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2009)
Like You Know It All
Director, Writer
(2009)
Visitors
Director, Writer
(2009)
Lost in the Mountains
Director, Writer
(2008)
Night and Day
Director, Writer
(2006)
Woman on the Beach
Director, Writer
(2005)
Tale of Cinema
Director, Producer, Writer
(2004)
Woman Is the Future of Man
Director, Writer
(2002)
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Writer, Director
(2000)
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Director, Writer
(1998)
The Power of Kangwon Province
Director, Writer
(1996)
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Director, Screenplay