Park Chan-wook

His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.\n', '

Park was born and raised in Seoul, and studied philosophy at Sogang University, where he started a cinema-club called the "Sogang Film Community" and published a number of articles on contemporary cinema. Originally intending to be an art critic, upon seeing Vertigo he resolved to try to become a filmmaker. After graduation, he wrote articles on film for journals, and soon became an assistant director of films like Kkamdong, directed by Yu Yeong-jin, and Watercolor painting in a Rainy Day, directed by Kwak Jae-yong (My Sassy Girl).[citation needed]\n', '

His debut feature film was The Moon Is... the Sun\'s Dream (1992), and after five years, he made his second film Trio. Park\'s early films were not successful at the box office, and he pursued a career as a film critic to m…