Originally studying physics, PARK Hong-yeol graduated from the Korean Film Academy and received an MA in cinematography at the Korean National University of Arts. He started his career co-directing mid-length documentaries including <The Sangamdong Worldcup> (2003) and <This is Not Documentary> (2005) among others. Meanwhile, he also worked with brother directors Kim Gok and Kim Sun for their provocative indie films including <Capitalist Manifesto> (2003) &l...More

Originally studying physics, PARK Hong-yeol graduated from the Korean Film Academy and received an MA in cinematography at the Korean National University of Arts. He started his career co-directing mid-length documentaries including <The Sangamdong Worldcup> (2003) and <This is Not Documentary> (2005) among others. Meanwhile, he also worked with brother directors Kim Gok and Kim Sun for their provocative indie films including <Capitalist Manifesto> (2003) <Geo-Lobotomy> (2005). The turning point in his career came with recent films by Hong Sang-soo, including <Ha Ha Ha> (2010), <Oki’s Movie> (2010), <From Another Country> (2012) <Nobody’s Daughter Haewon> (2012), <Our Sunhi> (2013) and <Hill of Freedom> (2014). In those films, HONG tested a more improvised direction style with a minimized crew and low budget, and PARK’s experiences in documentary filmmaking matched with the master’s interests. As a result, HONG’s films were applauded for their fresh cinematic visual styles with more natural and realistic mode. Apart from HONG’s works, PARK tapped into more commercial films including <The Most Beautiful Goodbye> (2011) by director MIN Kyu-dong and <The Suck Up Project> (2012) by Chung Seung-koo. PARK’s latest endeavor, <The Treacherous> (2015) is also another collaboration with MIN Kyu-dong, where he challenged a big scale epic drama for the first time after 14 films. Based on a true story, the film is about power struggles of treacherous subjects who brought 10,000 beautiful women to flatter an insane king during the Chosun Dynasty. PARK also finished HONG Sang-soo’s newest film <Right Now, Wong Then> (working title) (2015) which was introduced at Marche du Cannes.Less