Bong Joon-ho Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Nationality	South Korean
Date of Birth	14/09/1969
Age	56 years
Birthplace	Bongdeok-dong, Nam District - Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Bio/Wiki

Nickname(s)	Bong Tael-il
Zodiac Sign	Virgo

Physical Stats & More

Height	183 cm
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black

Educational Qualification(s)

School	Jamsil High School, Songpa-gu, Seoul
College/University	Yonsei University, Seoul Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), Busan
Educational Qualification	Major in Sociology from Yonsei University, Seoul A Two-Year Course in Filmmaking from Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), Busan

Personal Life

Religion	Catholicism
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Political Inclination	New Progressive Party (South Korea; now, dysfunctional) Democratic Labour Party (South Korea)
Hobbies	Watching Film & Collecting Blu-rays

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married
Marriage Year	1995

Family

Wife

Jung Sun-young

Children

Son	Bong Hyo-min
Daughter	none

Parents

Father	Bong Sang-kyun (Graphic Designer & Professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul; died in 2017)
Mother	Park So-young (Homemaker)

Siblings

Brother	Bong Joon-soo (English Professor at Seoul National University)
Sister(s)	Bong Ji-hee (Fashion Designer & Professor of Fashion Designing at Hanyang University) 1 more (elder)

Career

Debut

Short Film

Baeksaekin (White Man)(1994)

Feature Films

As a Screenwriter	Motel Cactus (1997)
As a Director	Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

TV

Snowpiercer (as Executive Producer) (American; 2020)

Acting

In the short film 'Incoherence' (1994) as 'Delivery Boy'

Favourites

Food	Ramen Jjapaguri
Filmmaker(s)	Edward Yang Hou Hsiao-Hsien Shohei Imamura John Frankenheimer Sidney Lumet John Schlesinger
Film	The Wages of Fear (1953)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Bong Joon-ho's artistic influence stems from his family background. His father worked as a graphic designer, and his maternal grandfather, Park Taewon, was a well-known Korean writer.
Due to his family's separation after the Korean War in 1950, Joon-ho never had the opportunity to meet his grandparents. His grandfather, Taewon, resided in Pyongyang, North Korea for the remainder of his life.
In his college years, Joon-ho provided tutoring for affluent children in his community.