With unprecedented access to Bong Joon Ho’s personal archive, Director’s Inspiration traces the creative process behind his visionary films—from Memories of Murder and The Host to Parasite and Mickey 17. Storyboards, notebooks, props, concept art, and behind-the-scenes photography reveal the obsessions and ideas that shaped his world-building and storytelling.

Featuring a new interview with Bong by Nam Lee, alongside essays and reflections from collaborators including Guillermo del Toro, Toni Collette, Lee Isaac Chung, Steven Yeun, and others, this volume offers rare insight into the mind of one of contemporary cinema’s most inventive directors.