Directing
Hong Sang-soo
KO, EN, FR, IT cinema · 47 credits
Born
25 October 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
Also known as Hong Sangsu · Hong Sangsoo · HSS · Hong Sang-su
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Day She Returns
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Music, Director of Photography
To the Bakery
Director
What Does That Nature Say to You
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist
Tree Above Volvo
Director, Writer
It Snows on You
2024
It Snows on You
Actor, Director, Cinematography
A Traveler's Needs
Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
By the Stream
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
In Our Day
Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
2023
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Writer, Director
In Water
Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
The Novelist's Film
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
Small Flower
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Music, Director
Walk Up
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Producer
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
as Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
In Front of Your Face
Director, Producer, Editor, Music, Writer, Director of Photography
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
Introduction
Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
The Woman Who Ran
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
Hotel by the River
Writer, Director, Producer
Claire's Camera
Writer, Director, Producer
Grass
Director, Writer, Producer
The Day After
Music, Director, Writer, Producer
On the Beach at Night Alone
Writer, Director, Producer
Yourself and Yours
Writer, Director, Producer
Right Now, Wrong Then
Writer, Director
Hill of Freedom
Writer, Director, Producer
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Director, Writer, Producer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Writer, Director
Our Sunhi
Writer, Director, Producer
In Another Country
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Day He Arrives
Director, Writer, Producer
List
Writer, Director, Producer
Ha Ha Ha
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Oki's Movie
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Like You Know It All
Director, Writer
Lost in the Mountains
Director, Writer
Night and Day
Director, Writer
Woman on the Beach
Director, Writer
Tale of Cinema
Director, Producer, Writer
Woman Is the Future of Man
Director, Writer
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Writer, Director
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Writer, Director
The Power of Kangwon Province
Director, Writer
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Director, Screenplay