FILM DIRECTOR

Bong Joon-ho

1969 - Today

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Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation: [poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bong Joon-ho has received more than 8,759,984 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Bong Joon-ho is the 420th most popular film director (down from 344th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 86th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bong Joon-ho ranks 420 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergiu Nicolaescu, M. Night Shyamalan, J. J. Abrams, Aleksandar Petrović, Merian C. Cooper, and Claude Zidi. After him are Lo Wei, Édouard Molinaro, Richard Brooks, Michael Anderson, Taylor Hackford, and Jean Eustache.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Bong Joon-ho ranks 59. Before him are Vítor Baía, Brian Laudrup, Petteri Orpo, Julia Ann, Triple H, and Giorgi Margvelashvili. After him are Robert Miles, Hong Myung-bo, Oleg Salenko, Thomas Vinterberg, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, and Marc Wilmots.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Bong Joon-ho ranks 110 out of 1,128. Before him are Choi Eun-hee (1926), Kim Ung-yong (1963), Ye Wanyong (1858), Kim Seok-jin (1992), RM (1994), and Byung-Chul Han (1959). After him are Son Heung-min (1992), Hong Myung-bo (1969), Kim Seong-su (1891), Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), Goh Kun (1938), and IU (1993).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Bong Joon-ho ranks 2. Before him are Kim Ki-duk (1960). After him are Lee Chang-dong (1954), Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Kwak Jae-yong (1959), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Yeon Sang-ho (1978), Lee Cheol-ha (1970), and Na Hong-jin (1974).

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