Hong Sang-soo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 25, 1960
- Birthplace
- Seoul, South Korea
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets, cafes, hotels, schools, and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Characters are seen walking around the city, drinking soju, and having sex. The main characters are often movie directors or actors, and scenes typically consist of a single shot, often beginning and ending with a camera zoom. The budgets for his movies average about $100,000. Hong is often spontaneous when shooting, delivering the day's scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set. He rarely prepares scripts in advance. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmer's films appear in some films directed by Hong.
Filmography
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes 2026
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Music, Director of Photography
To the Bakery 2026
Director
The Day She Returns 2026
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer
Tree Above Volvo 2025
Director, Writer
What Does That Nature Say to You 2025
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist
- It Snows on You
It Snows on You 2024
Actor, Director, Cinematography
By the Stream 2024
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
A Traveler's Needs 2024
Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Greetings for the New York Film Festival 2023
Director, Writer
In Our Day 2023
Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
In Water 2023
Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
Walk Up 2022
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer
Small Flower 2022
Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Music, Director
The Novelist's Film 2022
Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
In Front of Your Face 2021
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Music, Writer, Producer
Letter to the New York Film Festival 2021
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
Introduction 2021
Original Music Composer, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay 2021
as Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
The Woman Who Ran 2020
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Producer
Hotel by the River 2019
Director, Writer, Producer
Grass 2018
Director, Writer, Producer
Claire's Camera 2018
Director, Writer, Producer
The Day After 2017
Music, Director, Writer, Producer
On the Beach at Night Alone 2017
Director, Writer, Producer
Yourself and Yours 2016
Director, Writer, Producer
Right Now, Wrong Then 2015
Writer, Director
Hill of Freedom 2014
Director, Writer, Producer
Our Sunhi 2013
Writer, Director, Producer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Writer, Director
Nobody's Daughter Haewon 2013
Director, Writer, Producer
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer 2012
as Self
In Another Country 2012
Screenplay, Director, Producer
List 2011
Director, Writer, Producer
The Day He Arrives 2011
Director, Writer, Producer
Oki's Movie 2010
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ha Ha Ha 2010
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Lost in the Mountains 2009
Director, Writer
Like You Know It All 2009
Director, Writer
Night and Day 2008
Director, Writer
Woman on the Beach 2006
Director, Writer
- The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema 2005
as Self
Tale of Cinema 2005
Director, Producer, Writer
Woman Is the Future of Man 2004
Director, Writer
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate 2002
Writer, Director
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors 2000
Director, Writer
The Power of Kangwon Province 1998
Director, Writer
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well 1996
Director, Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.