Director
Kogonada
Seoul, South Korea · 21 films
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).
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Filmography 20
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025 · Director
On Netflix
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023 · Self
After Yang
2022 · Editor, Writer
On Kanopy
Columbus Story
2019 · Director
Once There Was Everything
2017 · Director
Columbus
2017 · Editor, Writer
On Kanopy
What Is Neorealism?
2017 · Director
On Vimeo
Way of Ozu
2016 · Director
On Vimeo
Godard in Fragments
2016 · Director
The Way of Folk
2016 · Director
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
2015 · Director
Dreams of Cinema
2015 · Narrator, Writer
Elemental
2015 · Editor, Director
On Vimeo
Criterion Designs
2014 · Director
On Vimeo
Trick or Truth
2014 · Director
Hands of Bresson
2014 · Director
On Vimeo
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013 · Director
On Vimeo
BIFA: 15 Years
2013 · Director
Lunch Line
2010 · Director
Young Arabs
2008 · Director, Cinematography