
Directing
Kogonada
Seoul, 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).
Directed Films

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Zi
2026·Drama

6.2
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025·Romance

6.4
After Yang
2022·Science Fiction

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Columbus Story
2019·Documentary

7.0
Once There Was Everything
2017·Documentary

7.1
Columbus
2017·Drama

7.4
What Is Neorealism?
2017·Documentary

6.8
Wes Anderson: From Above
2017·Documentary

6.8
Way of Ozu
2016·Documentary

6.5
Godard in Fragments
2016·Documentary

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The Way of Folk
2016·Documentary

8.0
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
2015·Documentary

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Dreams of Cinema
2015·Documentary

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Elemental
2015·Documentary

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On Solace
2015·Documentary

6.5
Mirrors of Bergman
2015·Documentary

6.6
Auteur in Space
2015·Documentary

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Criterion Designs
2014

6.7
Trick or Truth
2014·Documentary

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The Eye & the Beholder
2014·Documentary

6.6
Eyes of Hitchcock
2014·Documentary

6.8
Hands of Bresson
2014·Documentary

7.1
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013·Documentary

7.1
Malick: Fire & Water
2013·Documentary
