Hong Sang-soo
45 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 25, 1960 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as
- Hong Sangsu · Hong Sangsoo · HSS · Hong Sang-su
Biography
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026.
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Hong Sang-soo: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 2024
- 2021 Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
as Narrator (Voice)
Behind the camera (45)
- Upcoming Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Music, Director of Photography
- 2026 To the Bakery
Director
- 2026 The Day She Returns
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer
- 2025 Tree Above Volvo
Director, Writer
- 2025 What Does That Nature Say to You
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist
- 2024 It Snows on You
Director, Cinematography
- 2024 By the Stream
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- 2024 A Traveler's Needs
Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2023 Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Writer, Director
- 2023 In Our Day
Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2023 In Water
Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
- 2022 Walk Up
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Producer
- 2022 Small Flower
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Music, Director
- 2022 The Novelist's Film
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
- 2021 In Front of Your Face
Director, Producer, Editor, Music, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2021 Letter to the New York Film Festival
Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
- 2021 Introduction
Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2021 Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
- 2020 The Woman Who Ran
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- 2019 Hotel by the River
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2018 Grass
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2018 Claire's Camera
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2017 The Day After
Music, Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017 On the Beach at Night Alone
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2016 Yourself and Yours
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2015 Right Now, Wrong Then
Writer, Director
- 2014 Hill of Freedom
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2013 Our Sunhi
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Writer, Director
- 2013 Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2012 In Another Country
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2011 List
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2011 The Day He Arrives
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2010 Oki's Movie
Screenplay, Director, Producer
- 2010 Ha Ha Ha
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- 2009 Lost in the Mountains
Director, Writer
- 2009 Like You Know It All
Director, Writer
- 2008 Night and Day
Director, Writer
- 2006 Woman on the Beach
Director, Writer
- 2005 Tale of Cinema
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2004 Woman Is the Future of Man
Director, Writer
- 2002 On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Writer, Director
- 2000 Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Writer, Director
- 1998 The Power of Kangwon Province
Director, Writer
- 1996 The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Director, Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2012
- 2005