Hong Sang-soo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 25, 1960, Seoul, South Korea
- Movies
- 49
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.
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | It Snows on You | |
| 2021 | Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2012 | Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer | Self |
| 2005 | The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Nowhere to Lay My Eyes | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2026 | To the Bakery | Director |
| 2026 | The Day She Returns | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2025 | Tree Above Volvo | Director, Writer |
| 2025 | What Does That Nature Say to You | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2024 | It Snows on You | Director |
| 2024 | By the Stream | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2024 | A Traveler's Needs | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 2023 | Greetings for the New York Film Festival | Director, Writer |
| 2023 | In Our Day | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2023 | In Water | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2022 | Walk Up | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2022 | Small Flower | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 2022 | The Novelist's Film | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2021 | In Front of Your Face | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2021 | Letter to the New York Film Festival | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 2021 | Introduction | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 2021 | Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 2020 | The Woman Who Ran | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2019 | Hotel by the River | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2018 | Grass | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2018 | Claire's Camera | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2017 | The Day After | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2017 | On the Beach at Night Alone | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2016 | Yourself and Yours | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2015 | Right Now, Wrong Then | Writer, Director |
| 2014 | Hill of Freedom | Director, Writer, 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 | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2011 | List | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2011 | The Day He Arrives | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2010 | Oki's Movie | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2010 | Ha Ha Ha | Director, 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 | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | The Power of Kangwon Province | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well | Director, Screenplay |
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