Bong Joon-ho wins the best director Oscar for Parasite
by Andrew Pulver from on (#4Z4PG)
Bong becomes second film-maker to win directing prize for a foreign language film at the Academy awards
South Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho has become the second director of a foreign-language film to win the best director Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards. Bong follows Alfonso Cuaron (who won for Roma in 2018) as a foreign-language winner with Parasite, seeing off competition from the likes of Quentin Tarantino (for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Todd Phillips for Joker and the pre-ceremony favourite Sam Mendes (for 1917).
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