Delve into the history of Korean film, and you’ll find gut-punching melodramas, wry comedies, horror that’s both atmospheric and visceral, and operatic action flicks to rival Hong Kong. And it’s not all ultraviolence and sociopolitical commentary – though those themes do crop up a lot.

In fact, it’s been producing genre-blurring, boundary-testing films for decades. But Korea didn’t just suddenly start cranking out high-quality movies in the last decade. If that wasn’t made clear by Parasite ’s historic Best Picture win at the 2019 Oscars, then the unprecedented success of Netflix’s Squid Game solidified the country’s standing at the vanguard of the entertainment industry. Barry creator/star Bill Hader nabbed Comedy Series for directing the episode '710N'.įor the full list of winners, head to the DGA site.At this point, South Korea is well-known among even casual filmgoers as one of the world’s most exciting movie industries. In the First Time Feature Director category, Aftersun's Charlotte Wells won, over the likes of Saint Omer's Alice Diop and Emily The Criminal's John Patton Ford.Įlsewhere, there was recognition for Euphoria's Sam Levinson for the episode 'Stand Still Like The Hummingbird' and Station Eleven's Helen Shaver took home the TV Movie/Limited Series award for 'Who's There'. The pair won over the likes of TÁR's Todd Field, Top Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski, The Banshees Of Inisherin's Martin McDonagh and The Fabelmans' Steven Spielberg.

'This has been an incredible year for our little film that somehow keeps going,' Kwan said as part of his acceptance speech. And, perhaps not too surprisingly (though it was their first DGA win), Everything Everywhere All At Once filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert took home the big feature film prize. As awards season continues, Saturday night saw the Directors Guild of America handing out their awards.

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