How much is Bong Joon-ho worth?
Net Worth: | $35 Million |
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Profession: | Professional Director |
Date of Birth: | September 14, 1969 (age 52) |
Country: | South Korea |
Height: | 1.82 m |
About Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (봉준호) was born on September 14, 1969 and is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter with an estimated net worth of $35 million. Joon-ho is the director behind the 2019 film, Parasite. A South Korean black comedy thriller film that he also co-wrote and won many prestigious awards. It even became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A graduate of the Korean Academy of Film Arts, Bong directed several short films before his feature film debut Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000).
Joon-ho won the South Korean film industry’s Grand Bell Award for best film director for his second film Memories of Murder.
His third film The Host is South Korea’s most successful film of all time.
The film is about a mutant that’s a bit of a mutation itself; with unflappable confidence, Bong Joon-ho grafts droll humor and sly political commentary onto the DNA of a classic Hollywood creature feature.
South Korean actor Song Kang-ho starred in both Memories of Murder and The Host.
Parasite won a leading four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Making it Joon-ho’s greatest achievement in his flourishing career. As of 2023, Bong Joon-ho’s net worth is estimated to be $35 million.