---
name: "Hong Kyung-pyo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hong-kyung-pyo"
fi1m_id: "hong-kyung-pyo"
imdb_id: "nm0393240"
tmdb_id: 68909
wikidata_id: "Q61057522"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "11 August 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T21:53:07.641329+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hong Kyung-pyo

## Identity

Hong Kyung-pyo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hong-kyung-pyo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hong-kyung-pyo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0393240
- **TMDB ID:** 68909
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61057522
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kyung-pyo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61057522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393240/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68909

Cinematographer. Born 11 August 1962 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 11 August 1962, South Korea
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Hong Gyeong-pyo, Hong Kyeong-pyo, Alex Hong, 洪坰杓, 洪庆表
- **Frequently works with:** [Bong Joon Ho](https://film.one/person/bong-joon-ho.md), [Song Kang-ho](https://film.one/person/song-kang-ho.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (3), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 81 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $403m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kyung-pyo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61057522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393240/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68909

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Burning*](https://film.one/film/burning.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Snowpiercer*](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Broker*](https://film.one/film/broker.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hong Kyung-pyo (also credited as Hong Gyeong-pyo, Hong Kyeong-pyo or Alex Hong) is a South Korean cinematographer. He was born on 11 August 1962 in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province.

He began working in the film industry in the late 1980s and made his debut as a cinematographer in the mid-1990s. Hong has collaborated extensively with directors including Bong Joon-ho on *Mother* (2009), *Snowpiercer* (2013) and *Parasite* (2019); Lee Chang-dong on *Burning* (2018); and Na Hong-jin on *The Wailing* (2016). His other credits include *Broker* (2022), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and *Harbin* (2024).

In 2025 he became the first cinematographer to receive the Grand Prize for Film at the Baeksang Arts Awards, for his work on *Harbin*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hope* (2026), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md)
- *Broker* (2022), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/broker.md)
- *Parasite* (2019), Fi1m 91, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/parasite.md)
- *Burning* (2018), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hope* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md)
- *Harbin* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Project Silence* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Broker* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/broker.md)
- *The Wandering Moon* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Parasite* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/parasite.md)
- *The Drug King* (2018), Steadicam Operator
- *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018), Steadicam Operator
- *Burning* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md)
- *Run-Off* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Wailing* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Sea Fog* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)
- *Boomerang Family* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Always* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Haunters* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Bang* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Camellia* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Actresses* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Mother* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Eye For An Eye* (2008), Director of Photography
- *M* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Love Exposure* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Typhoon* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Save the Green Planet!* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Three* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Champion* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Memories* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Guns & Talks* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Asako in Ruby Shoes* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Il Mare* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Foul King* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Phantom: The Submarine* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Fly Low* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Girls' Night Out* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Ray*, series, Director of Photography
- *Gardeners*, Director of Photography
- *Gulf of Aden*, Director of Photography
- *Portraits of Delusion*, series, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 2016: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *The Wailing*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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