Kogonada
Biography
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).
Acting (3 movies)
Directing (31 movies)
On Solace
2015
Hands of Bresson
2014
Against Tyranny: Video Essay on King of the Hill
2013
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025
Columbus
2017
Lunch Line
2010
The Way of Folk
2016
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013
Stanley Kubrick: One-Point Perspective
2012
Godard in Fragments
2016
Way of Ozu
2016
Wes Anderson: From Above
2017
Criterion Designs
2014
Elemental
2015
Dreams of Cinema
2015
What Is Neorealism?
2013
Eyes of Hitchcock
2014
Mirrors of Bergman
2015
Auteur in Space
2015
The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu
2013
Ozu: Passageways
2012
BIFA: 15 Years
2013
Trick or Truth
2014
After Yang
2022
Once There Was Everything
2017
Sounds of Aronofsky
2012
Malick: Fire & Water
2013
Tarantino: From Below
2012
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
2015
Wes Anderson: Centered
2014
The Eye & the Beholder
2014
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| On Solace | 2015 | Writer |
| Dreams of Cinema | 2015 | Writer |
| Columbus | 2017 | Writer |
| After Yang | 2022 | Writer |
| A Big Bold Beautiful Journey | 2025 | Executive Producer |