Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean director and screenwriter whose films blend genres and sharp social commentary. He built his reputation with thrillers like Memories of Murder and the monster film The Host before breaking global records with Parasite (2019), which became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture - and also took the Palme d'Or at Cannes that same year.
Bong Joon-ho presided over the jury of the 22nd International Film Festival in Marrakech (November 28 - December 6, 2025) alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Jenny Ortega, and others.
Bong confirmed that his animated feature film debut - an expensive production about deep-sea creatures - will be released in 2027; he called the project his "dream" lasting nearly 25 years.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles opened in March 2025 the first major exhibition dedicated to Bong's work, which will run until 2027.
The science fiction film Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson had its world premiere at the Berlinale on February 15, 2025, and was released in cinemas worldwide on February 28 - March 7, 2025.
Bong revealed that after completing the animated project, he plans to make a horror-action film set in the Seoul metro - an idea he has been developing since 2001.
