



Kogonada
DirectingSeoul, South Korea

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 History
2026
2025
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Director
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Executive Producer
2024
The Acolyte
TVDirector
2023
2022
2019
Columbus Story
Director
2017
Columbus
Writer
Columbus
Director
Columbus
Editor
What Is Neorealism?
Director
Wes Anderson: From Above
Director
Wes Anderson: From Above
Editor
Once There Was Everything
Director
2016
2015
Dreams of Cinema
as Narrator
On Solace
as Narrator
Elemental
Editor
Elemental
Director
Dreams of Cinema
Writer
Dreams of Cinema
Editor
Dreams of Cinema
Director
Auteur in Space
Director
Auteur in Space
Editor
Mirrors of Bergman
Editor
Mirrors of Bergman
Director
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
Director
On Solace
Director
On Solace
Writer
On Solace
Editor
2014
Hands of Bresson
Director
Criterion Designs
Director
Eyes of Hitchcock
Editor
Eyes of Hitchcock
Director
Trick or Truth
Director
The Eye & the Beholder
Director
The Eye & the Beholder
Editor
Wes Anderson: Centered
Editor
Wes Anderson: Centered
Director
2013
2012
Ozu: Passageways
Director
Ozu: Passageways
Editor
Sounds of Aronofsky
Director
Tarantino: From Below
Editor
Tarantino: From Below
Director
2010
Lunch Line
Director
2008
Young Arabs
Director
Young Arabs
Director of Photography


