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).
Directed 22
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
2010s
- 2019
Columbus Story
Director
- 2017
Once There Was Everything
Director
What Is Neorealism?
Director
- 2016
Way of Ozu
Director
Godard in Fragments
Director
The Way of Folk
Director
- 2015
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
Director
Dreams of Cinema
Director
Elemental
Director
- 2014
Criterion Designs
Director
Trick or Truth
Director
Hands of Bresson
Director
- 2013
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
Director
BIFA: 15 Years
Director
- 2010
Lunch Line
Director
2000s
- 2008
Young Arabs
Director
Edited 5
2020s
- 2026
- 2022
2010s
- 2017
- 2015
Dreams of Cinema
Editor
Elemental
Editor
Wrote 4
2020s
- 2026
- 2022
2010s
- 2017
- 2015
Dreams of Cinema
Writer
Produced 3
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2022
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2016
The Way of Folk
Editorial Staff
Camera 1
2000s
- 2008
Young Arabs
Director of Photography
Appearances2
2020s
- 2023
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2010s
- 2015
Dreams of Cinema
Narrator