Hong Sang-soo
Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Editor
October 25, 1960 (65 years)
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 33 films as of 2025.
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.
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.
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| 2012 | In Another Country · as Screenplay |
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| 2010 | Oki's Movie · as Screenplay |
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| 1996 | The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well · as Screenplay |
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| 2010 | Hahaha · as Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | What Does That Nature Say to You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | By the Stream · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | A Traveler's Needs · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | In Our Day · as Original Music Composer |
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| 2022 | Walk Up · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | The Novelist's Film · as Original Music Composer |
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| 2021 | Introduction · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips · as Self |
| 2025 | What Does That Nature Say to You · as Director Of Photography |
| 2024 | By the Stream · as Director Of Photography |
| 2024 | A Traveler's Needs · as Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | In Our Day · as Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | In Water · as Director Of Photography |
| 2022 | Walk Up · as Director Of Photography |
| 2022 | The Novelist's Film · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | In Front of Your Face · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | Introduction · as Director Of Photography |