Darcy Paquet

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Darcy Paquet
Born1972 (age 5152)
Massachusetts, United States
Alma mater Carleton College
Indiana University
Occupation(s) Film critic
University lecturer
Author
Korean name
Hangul
달시 파켓
Revised Romanization Dasi paket
McCune–Reischauer Tasi 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.

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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

YearTitleRole
2010One Night Stand segment: "First Night"Rohmer
2011Dance Town(cameo)
2012 The Taste of Money Robert Altman
The Weight Minister (cameo)
Almost CheAndrei
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

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2014 Three Days SBS
2021 Joseon Exorcist John SBS

Bibliography

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