Darcy Paquet (born 1972) is an American film critic, university lecturer, author and actor. In 2010, Paquet was awarded the Korea Film Reporters Association Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival for his contributions in introducing Korean cinema to the world. Paquet was also the founder and organiser of Wildflower Film Awards Korea, which presents the Wildflower Film Awards.
Education Paquet, a Massachusetts native, majored in Russian at Carleton College in Minnesota and earned a master's in applied linguistics at Indiana University.
Career After making many Korean friends in graduate school, Paquet went to Seoul in 1997 to teach English at Korea University and planned to stay briefly before going to the Czech Republic.
Since 1998, Paquet has served as a special adviser and English-language editor for the Korean Film Council.
In 1999, he created the website Koreanfilm.org to introduce Korean films. From 2003 to 2011, he also wrote a monthly column for the Korean film weekly Cine21.
In 2009, Paquet published a book, New Korean Cinema: Breaking the Waves, about the changes in Korean cinema from the 1980s to 2000s.
At the 15th Busan International Film Festival in 2010, Paquet received the Korea Film Reporters Association Award for his contributions to promoting Korean cinema to the world.
Paquet has been the English subtitle translator for numerous Korean films, some examples include:
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) by Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder (2003) by Bong Joon-ho The Host (2006) by Bong Joon-ho Mother (2009) by Bong Joon-ho Ode to My Father (2014) by Yoon Je-kyoon Assassination (2015) by Choi Dong-hoon The Handmaiden (2016) by Park Chan-wook The Age of Shadows (2016) by Kim Jee-woon The Day After (2017) by Hong Sang-soo Parasite (2019) by Bong Joon-ho Decision to Leave (2022) by Park Chan-wook Next Sohee (2022) by Jung Ju-ri Broker (2022) by Hirokazu Kore-eda The Dream Songs (2022) by Cho Hyun-chul Hopeless (2023) by Kim Chang-hoon Cobweb (2023) by Kim Jee-woon Concrete Utopia (2023) by Um Tae-hwa
He was appointed an honorary citizen of Busan in 2020 for "his contributions to the city's film education."
Personal life Paquet met his wife Yeon Hyeon-sook in 1998 and they married after dating for three years. They have two sons.
Filmography Film Year Title Role 2010 One Night Stand segment: "First Night" Rohmer 2011 Dance Town (cameo)2012 The Taste of Money Robert Altman The Weight Minister (cameo) Almost Che Andrei Ari Ari the Korean Cinema 2014 Santa Barbara United States agent2017 Anarchist from Colony 2020 The Woman Who Ran Foreign audience member
Television series Year Title Role Network 2014 Three Days SBS 2021 Joseon Exorcist John SBS
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