Park Kwang-su (born January 22, 1955) is a South Korean filmmaker. He was born in Sokcho , Gangwon Province and grew up in Busan . Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul National University . Upon graduation, he founded and led the Seoul Film Group which was dedicated to renewing Korean film culture and closely tied to the student protest movement. The Seoul Film Group was a significant part of the independent film movement and a strong voice speaking out against the military dictatorship. Park studied film at the ESEC film school in Paris, then returned to Korea to work as an assistant director to Lee Chang-Ho. He made his own first feature in 1988 , and in 1993 became the first Korean filmmaker to found his own production company. Park is considered the leader of the "New Korean Cinema" movement and one of Korea's most distinguished filmmakers. His films have garnered critical acclaim and he has received numerous domestic and international awards for his films. Influence: the emergence of the New Korean Wave With the formation of new French and German cultural centers in Seoul, screenings of foreign art films were held, which eventually led to the creation of cinema clubs in which film was discussed and studied. Names such as Park Kwang-su, Chung Ji-young, Kim Hong-joon, and a number of other directors, producers and film critics were exposed to a world of international cinema and eventually branched off in order to create films and documentaries that showed Korean culture and history through the viewpoint of the people, predominantly the working class. Some of these short films and documentaries were produced by the Seoul Film Collective which was launched in 1982 and made up of Seoul National University graduates including Park Kwang-su, Jang Sun-woo and other directors. That Summer (1984), which focused on labourers from rural areas working in Seoul, and Suri-se (1984), which touched upon agricultural issues in southwestern Korea, are just two of the works that the Seoul Film Collective produced. The New Korean Wave was made possible by two developments: a partial relaxation of censorship and the second change in film policy. Due to the relaxation of censorship, filmmakers such as Park Kwang-Su had more freedom to produce films that were originally prohibited by the government during the early censorship periods. The second film policy made it easier for independent producers like Park to enter the Korean film industry. Rather than trying to fill the "quotas" to produce mediocre Korean films, Park and other independent film producers were able to collaborate on quality films that pushed for social change. Without these policy changes, Park Kwang-Su would not have been able to make such films such as Chilsu and Mansu, which was a catalyst to the wave of New Korean Cinema. "While all of Park's movies are firmly rooted in the political history of his country, he belongs to a group of international filmmakers whose work transcends their specific political situations to address, with great artistry, more universal issues of human freedom." Cinema of Korea ↑ "KMDb - Chilsu and Mansu" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Black Republic" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-07 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Berlin Report" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - To the Starry Island" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - A Single Spark" . Korean Movie Database . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Jeontaeirui bimil" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Wild Animals" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Uprising" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - If You Were Me" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Meet Mr. Daddy" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "KMDb - Black Republic" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ↑ "빤스 벗고 덤벼라" [ Take off your jacket and come at me ] . 다음영화 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-11-03 . Retrieved 2023-11-03 . ↑ "KMDb - 2000 Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2000" . Korean Movie Database . Archived from the original on 2023-11-04 . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . Kwang-Su Park at IMDb Interview with Park Kwang-Su at CineKorea (archived) Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "5. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Male Crisis in the Early Films of Park Kwang-su". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema . Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 136– 161. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1 . Pacquet, Darcy (2009). New Korean Cinema: Breaking the Waves . Korea: Wallflower Press. pp. 15– 16, 21. ISBN 978-1-906660-25-3 . Chilsu and Mansu (1988) Black Republic (1990) To the Starry Island (1993) A Single Spark (1995) If You Were Me (segment "Face Value", 2003) Lee Man-hee (1963) Yu Hyun-mok (1964) Kim Soo-yong (1965) Lee Man-hee (1966) Kim Soo-yong (1967) Yu Hyun-mok (1969) Choi Ha-won (1970) Kim Ki-young (1971) Kim Hyo-cheon (1972) Jung Jin-woo (1973) Chung Ji-young (1990) Im Kwon-taek (1991) Park Jong-won (1992) Kim Yoo-jin (1993) Jang Sun-woo (1994) Park Kwang-su (1995) Im Kwon-taek (1996) Lee Chang-dong (1997) Hong Sang-soo (1998) Kang Je-gyu (1999) Park Chan-wook (2000) Song Hae-sung (2001) Im Kwon-taek (2002) Park Chan-wook (2003) Kang Woo-suk (2004) Park Jin-pyo (2005) Kim Tae-yong (2006) Hur Jin-ho (2007) Kim Jee-woon (2008) Kim Yong-hwa (2009) Kang Woo-suk (2010) Ryoo Seung-wan (2011) Chung Ji-young (2012) Bong Joon-ho (2013) Kim Han-min (2014) Ryoo Seung-wan (2015) Na Hong-jin (2016) Kim Hyun-seok (2017) Yoon Jong-bin (2018) Bong Joon-ho (2019) Lim Dae-hyung (2020) Ryoo Seung-wan (2021) Park Chan-wook (2022) Um Tae-hwa (2023) Jang Jae-hyun (2024) Park Chan-wook (2025) Chung Ji-young (1990) Im Kwon-taek (1991) Chung Ji-young (1992) Im Kwon-taek (1993) Uhm Jong-sun (1994) Park Kwang-su (1995) Park Chul-soo (1999) Park Chan-wook (2000) Kwak Kyung-taek (2001) Lee Chang-dong (2002)

Bong Joon-ho (2003) Yun In-ho (2004) Kim Dae-seung (2005) Kang Woo-suk (2006) Joh Keun-shik (2007) Kim Tae-kyun and Ha Jung-woo (2008) Park Chan-wook (2009) Kang Woo-suk (2010) Kim Seong-hun (2015) Choi Dong-hoon (2016) Na Hong-jin (2017) Hwang Dong-hyuk (2018) Bong Joon-ho (2019) Won Shin-yun (2020) Jo Sung-hee (2021) Park Chan-wook (2022) Kim Jee-woon (2023) Yoon Ga-eun (2025) Choi Ha-won (1969) Cho Moon-jin (1970) Hwang Hye-mi (1971) Shin Seong-il (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) Lee Jang-ho (1975) Park Nam-su (1976) no award (1977) no award (1978) Lee Gyeong-tae (1979) Park Chul-soo (1980) no award (1981) no award (1982) Bae Chang-ho (1983) no award (1984) Kim Hyun-myung (1985) Shin Seung-soo (1986) Choe Won-yeong (1987) Lee Mi-rye (1988) Park Kwang-su (1989) Jang Sun-woo (1990) Nam Man-won (1991) Kim Young-bin (1992) Jang Hyun-soo (1993) Lee Jung-gook (1994) Kim Hong-joon (1995) Lee Min-yong (1996) Lee Chang-dong (1997) Hur Jin-ho (1998) Lee Kwang-mo (1999) no award (2000) Park Heung-sik (2001) Yoon Jong-chan (2002) Kim Hyun-seok (2003) Lee Soo-yeon (2004) Kim Soo-hyun (2005) Kim Dae-woo (2006) Jeon Kye-soo (2007) Na Hong-jin (2008) Lee Chung-ryoul (2009) Lee Ho-jae (2010) Kim Young-tak (2011) Lim Chan-ik (2012) Jo Sung-hee (2013) Yang Woo-suk (2014) July Jung (2015) Han Jun-hee (2016) Yeon Sang-ho (2017) Kim Yoon-sung (2018) Lee Ji-won (2019) Lee Do-young (2020) Yoon Dan-bi (2021) Jo Eun-ji (2022) Ahn Tae-jin (2023) Lee Jung-hong (2024) Oh Jung-min (2025) Park Joon-ho (2026) South Korean film directors People from Sokcho People from Busan Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles containing Korean-language text Articles with hCards CS1 Korean-language sources (ko)