Two South Korean Movie Directors who have a wide recognition among Hollywood celebrities

The news that Korean films were invited to the Cannes Film Festival is no longer surprising. At the 70th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held next month, Korean director Bong Joon-ho's "Okja" and Hong Sang-soo's “The Day After” were nominated for the Palme d'Or("Golden Palm")competition.

There are two Korean film directors who are often mentioned in a interview with Hollywood stars who visited Korea.

Recently, James Gunn, director of Marvel's 'Guardians of Galaxy VOL.2' sent a praise for Korean films through a live conference. He said he was inspired by Korean movies over the last 20 years and now it is the era of Korean films. In particular, he included director Bong Joon-ho as a respectable director list through his SNS.
Some might say that it's just a comment prepared for Korean market but no one can deny that Bong is a proud director of Korea, no matter who it refers to.

Prior to this, Jordan Vogt-Roberts of "Kong: Skull Island" who recently visited Korea said he referred to Bong Joon-ho's "Monster" and Kim Ji-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" for his film.

Hollywood stars's love of director Park Chan-wook is famous as well. Recently, Dane DeHaan expressed a wish to work with Park Chan-wook and liked 'Old Boy' through a written interview ahead of the opening of the movie 'Two Lovers and Bears'.

Previously, Rising Star Logan Lerman also expressed his respect for Park Chan-wook in an interview with Korean Broadcasting.
Will Smith, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, and many other actors picked Park Chan-wook as Korean director who they'd like to work with in future.