1963 - Today
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; IPA: [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as 21st-century world cinema. His films have gained notoriety for their cinematography and framing, black humor and often brutal subject matter.Park's first major critical and commercial success came with Joint Security Area (2000), which was the most watched South Korean film at the time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Park Chan-wook has received more than 3,886,268 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Park Chan-wook is the 336th most popular film director (up from 369th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 106th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Film Director.
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Among film directors, Park Chan-wook ranks 336 out of 1,581. Before him are Marco Bellocchio, François Ozon, Ub Iwerks, Chantal Akerman, John Boorman, and Raúl Ruiz. After him are Edward Zwick, Makoto Shinkai, Samuel Fuller, Maya Deren, Guy Hamilton, and Robert Frank.
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 330
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 331
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 332
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 333
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 334
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 335
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 336
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 337
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 338
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 339
1917 - 1961
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 340
1922 - 2016
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 341
1924 - 2019
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 342
Among people born in 1963, Park Chan-wook ranks 63. Before him are David Thewlis, Satoshi Kon, Mikael Persbrandt, Seal, Kevin Mitnick, and Liu Cixin. After him are Karl Malone, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Andrej Kiska, Geert Wilders, Stanislav Cherchesov, and Gosho Aoyama.
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 57
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 58
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 59
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 60
1963 - 2023
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 61
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 62
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 63
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 64
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 65
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 66
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 67
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 68
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 69
Among people born in South Korea, Park Chan-wook ranks 86 out of 944. Before him are Jang Yeong-sil (1400), Lee Soo-man (1952), Ko Un (1933), Won Gyun (1540), Gong Yoo (1979), and Ye Wanyong (1858). After him are Bong Joon-ho (1969), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Kim Seong-su (1891), Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), and Kim Jong-pil (1926).
1400 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 80
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 81
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 82
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 83
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 84
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 85
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 86
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 87
1482 - 1520
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 88
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 89
1921 - 2020
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 90
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 91
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 92
Among film directors born in South Korea, Park Chan-wook ranks 2. Before him are Kim Ki-duk (1960). After him are Bong Joon-ho (1969), Shin Sang-ok (1926), Lee Chang-dong (1954), Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Kwak Jae-yong (1959), and Yeon Sang-ho (1978).
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 2
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 3
1926 - 2006
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 5
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 7
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 8
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 12