Bong Joon Ho: Director's Inspiration

by Bong Joon-ho (Editor)

192 pages, Hardcover

Published November 25, 2025

About the author

Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호; per Korean naming conventions, the surname Bong appears first) is a South Korean film maker and screenwriter who won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for Parasite. For his 2013 film Snowpiercer, he was given Best Director awards by the Baeksang Arts Awards, Blue Dragon Film Awards, Director's Cut Awards, Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, and the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, in addition to Best Screenplay by Busan Film Critics Awards.

Reviews

[Adam]

Mostly just a glossy coffee-table tie-in for the Academy Museum's Bong exhibit, but gives you the opportunity to look at the treasure trove of Bong archival stuff (especially his storyboards) in detail, and the bonus content -- testimonials from tons of his major collaborators and a lengthy interview with Bong himself -- is very worthwhile.