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Kogonada

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Park Joong Eun (Korean: 박중은), known professionally as Kogonada, is a South Korean-born American filmmaker. He is known for his video essays that analyze the content, form, and structure of various films and television series. The essays frequently use narration and editing as lenses and highlight a director's aesthetic. Kogonada regularly contributes to Sight & Sound and is often commissioned by The Criterion Collection to create supplemental videos for its home video releases. He has also written, directed and edited the feature films Columbus (2017) and After Yang (2021). He also directed two episodes of the Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte (2024).

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Columbus posterFirst watchColumbus20177.1When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many…View film

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Filmography

22 films as director
  1. 2026Doors of BressonDirector
  2. 2026ZiDirector
  3. 2025A Big Bold Beautiful JourneyDirector
  4. 2024The AcolyteDirector
  5. 2022After YangDirector
  6. 2019Columbus StoryDirector
  7. 2017Once There Was EverythingDirector
  8. 2017ColumbusDirector
  9. 2017What Is Neorealism?Director
  10. 2016Way of OzuDirector
  11. 2016Godard in FragmentsDirector
  12. 2016The Way of FolkDirector
  13. 2015Restoring the Apu TrilogyDirector
  14. 2015Dreams of CinemaDirector
  15. 2015ElementalDirector
  16. 2014Criterion DesignsDirector
  17. 2014Trick or TruthDirector
  18. 2014Hands of BressonDirector
  19. 2013Linklater: On Cinema and TimeDirector
  20. 2013BIFA: 15 YearsDirector
  21. 2010Lunch LineDirector
  22. 2008Young ArabsDirector