Park Chan-wook
Film director · 8 films (2000–2022)
Park Chan-wook is a director whose work here spans Joint Security Area (2000) to Decision To Leave (2022), across drama and thriller. 5 of those films were photographed by Chung Chung-hoon. The work runs wide — 32% of frames across the 8 films indexed here, against 20% library-wide. All 460 frames from 8 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean filmmaker and former film critic. Widely regarded as a leading figure in South Korean and 21st-century world cinema, he is known for films that blend crime, mystery, and thriller elements with other genres.
Born 23 August 1963 · Seoul, South Korea
Directing style
Park Chan-wook anchors his tense, ominous thrillers in cool, desaturated color grades dominated by slate blues, steel grays, and deep teals, frequently staging exterior night scenes lit by the harsh, unmotivated glow of streetlamps and fluorescent fixtures. He favors eye-level medium shots and wide compositions over closeups, utilizing a shallow depth of field to isolate lonely characters within their environments. This framing relies on precise blocking and subtle shifts between low and high camera angles to quietly manipulate the power dynamics and underlying mystery of each scene.
Awards
- Cannes Best Director Award · 2022
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 2004
- Golden Lion · 2005
- Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival · 2004
- Order of Cultural Merit, 3rd class · 2004
- Jury Prize · 2009
- Time Machine Award · 2009
- Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award · 2007
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award · 2004
- Grand Bell Awards
Films directed by Park Chan-wook
About Park Chan-wook
When was Park Chan-wook born?
Park Chan-wook was born on 23 August 1963 in Seoul, South Korea.
What films has Park Chan-wook directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 8 of them: Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005), I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay (2006), Stoker (2013), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision To Leave (2022).
What awards has Park Chan-wook won?
Cannes Best Director Award (2022), Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (2004), Golden Lion (2005) and Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival (2004).
Search every frame of Park Chan-wook’s films
All 460 indexed frames from 8 films directed by Park Chan-wook — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.