Darcy Paquet
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Massachusetts, United States
Alma materCarleton College
Indiana University
Occupation(s)Film critic
University lecturer
Author
Korean name
Hangul
달시 파켓
Revised RomanizationDasi paket
McCune–ReischauerTasi p'ak'e*t

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 language at Carleton College in Minnesota[1] and had a Master in Applied Linguistics at Indiana University.

Career

Having made many Korean friends in graduate school, Paquet went to Seoul in 1997 to teach English at Korea University and had planned to stay briefly before going to the Czech Republic.[1]

Since 1998, Paquet became a special advisor and English editor for the Korean Film Council.

In 1999, Paquet created the website (Koreanfilm.org) to introduce Korean films, which he is now most notable to foreigners.

From 2003 to 2011, Paquet also wrote a monthly column for 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]

During the 15th Busan International Film Festival in 2010, Paquet was awarded the Korea Film Reporters Association Award for his contributions in introducing Korean cinema to the world.[2][3][4][5][6]

In 2019, Paquet was the English subtitle translator for the film Parasite by Bong Joon-ho.[7] He was later appointed a honorary citizen of Busan.[2]

Personal life

Paquet met Yeon Hyeon-sook in 1998 and married after dating for three years. They have two sons.[4]

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 agent
2017 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

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b Stuart-Leach, Hannah (July 10, 2011). "Discovering Korea through film". The Korea Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "'Parasite' subtitle translator becomes Busan honorary citizen". koreatimes. April 21, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Limb, Jae-un (March 26, 2014). "American critic creates award for Korean indie films". Korea.net. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Kim, Hyun-sook (2016). "Darcy Paquet: Advocate for Korean Indie Film". koreana.or.kr. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  5. ^ 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. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Park, Jin-hai (June 12, 2016). "Translating subtitles is like translating poetry". The Korea Times. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  7. ^ 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.

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