Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-Wook's biography

Park Chan-Wook is 59 years old screenwriter born at Seoul. Park was born on Friday 23rd of August 1963. Park is often nicknamed as Mr. Vengeance. According to year of birth 1963 Park belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 23rd of August means he is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

Park is citizen of South Korea. Park´s primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know him also as film director, film producer, film critic. He is recently known as politician. He received Golden Lion Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in 2005

Park Chan-Wook's schools

We found 1 school Park attended. Name of the school: Sogang University.

Park Chan-Wook's career

His main focus is to be screenwriter and director.

Awards and competitions

Park Chan-Wook's Awards

• Park received award for Golden Lion for work Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in 2005
• Park received award for Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival for work Oldboy in 2004
• Park received award for Jury Prize for work Thirst in 2009
• Park received award for Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for work Oldboy in 2004
• Park received award for Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award for work Oldboy in 2004
• Park received award for Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award for work I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK in 2007
• Park received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work Decision to Leave in 2022

Park Chan-Wook's Nominations

• Park was nominated for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work Oldboy in 2004
• Park was nominated for European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for work Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in 2005

Park Chan-Wook's quotes

• I don't feel enjoyment watching films that evoke passivity. If you need that kind of comfort, I don't understand why you wouldn't go to a spa.
• In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. Life is full of pain and happiness and that's what I wanted to show.
• Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act on it.
• I have principles and rules. I deal very carefully with acts of violence and make sure that audiences understand how much suffering these acts cause.
• In my films, I focus on pain and fear. The fear just before an act of violence and the pain after. This applies to the perpetrators as well as the victims.
• My films are the stories of people who place the blame for their actions on others because they refuse to take on the blame themselves.
• [When asked the last film he saw in theaters] La La Land (2016). It was very sweet, a very lovely movie.
• I don't watch a lot of TV, but I really liked Mad Men (2007)
• I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
• All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
• I don't see myself as a moral filmmaker, and I don't like categorising myself. I am just very interested in characters who try to take responsibility for the results of their actions. I think this is what I'm trying to deal with in my films.
• I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.
• I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demy and Vincente Minnelli.
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Park Chan-Wook's body shape

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