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.
Darcy Paquet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) Massachusetts, United States |
| Alma mater | Carleton College Indiana University Bloomington |
| Occupations | Film critic University lecturer Author |
Education
editPaquet, a Massachusetts native, majored in Russian at Carleton College in Minnesota[1] and earned a master's in applied linguistics at Indiana University.
Career
editAfter 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
Paquet has been the English subtitle translator for numerous Korean films, some examples include:
- Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) by Bong Joon-ho[2]
- Memories of Murder (2003) by Bong Joon-ho[2][7]
- The Host (2006) by Bong Joon-ho[2]
- Mother (2009) by Bong Joon-ho[2]
- Ode to My Father (2014) by Yoon Je-kyoon[7]
- Assassination (2015) by Choi Dong-hoon[7]
- The Handmaiden (2016) by Park Chan-wook[2][7][8]
- The Age of Shadows (2016) by Kim Jee-woon[2]
- The Day After (2017) by Hong Sang-soo[2]
- Parasite (2019) by Bong Joon-ho[2][9]
- Decision to Leave (2022) by Park Chan-wook[7]
- Next Sohee (2022) by Jung Ju-ri[7]
- Broker (2022) by Hirokazu Kore-eda[10]
- The Dream Songs (2022) by Cho Hyun-chul[7]
- Hopeless (2023) by Kim Chang-hoon[7]
- Cobweb (2023) by Kim Jee-woon[7]
- Concrete Utopia (2023) by Um Tae-hwa[7]
He was appointed an honorary citizen of Busan in 2020 for "his contributions to the city's film education."[2]
Personal life
editPaquet met his wife Yeon Hyeon-sook in 1998 and they married after dating for three years. They have two sons.[4]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| 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 agent |
| 2017 | Anarchist from Colony | |
| 2020 | The Woman Who Ran | Foreign audience member |
Television series
edit| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Three Days | SBS | |
| 2021 | Joseon Exorcist | John | SBS |
Bibliography
edit- Paquet, Darcy (2009). New Korean cinema : breaking the waves. London: Wallflower. ISBN 978-0-231-85012-4. OCLC 813843988.
References
edit- 1 2 Stuart-Leach, Hannah (July 10, 2011). "Discovering Korea through film". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kwon, Mee-yoo (April 21, 2020). "Parasite subtitle translator becomes Busan honorary citizen". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ↑ Limb, Jae-un (March 26, 2014). "American critic creates award for Korean indie films". Korea.net. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- 1 2 Kim, Hyun-sook (Autumn 2016). "Darcy Paquet: Advocate for Korean Indie Film". Koreana. Vol. 30, no. 3. Korea Foundation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ↑ Kim, Su-yeon (March 31, 2015). "Darcy Paquet, Director of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea: 'I want Korean independent films to be watched by more'". Korean Cinema Today. Korean Film Council. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ↑ Park, Jin-hai (June 12, 2016). "Translating subtitles is like translating poetry". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kim, Ji-ye (December 21, 2023). "Parasite translator bridges the linguistic gap from Korean to English". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ↑ Rydholm, Joseph (Spring 2020). "Found in Translation". Voice. Carleton College. Archived from the original on March 30, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ↑ Han, Karen (October 14, 2019). "Bong Joon-ho on weaving his personal memories into Parasite". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ↑ MacDonald, Joan (November 5, 2022). "From Subtitles To Indies: Darcy Paquet Captures The Best Of Korean Cinema". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2026. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
External links
edit- Darcy Paquet on Facebook
- Darcy Paquet at the Korean Movie Database
- Darcy Paquet at IMDb
- Darcy Paquet at HanCinema