[1] Park gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, with four awards as Director of Photography.

At 19 years old (Korean Age), he became the youngest member of the filming team for Im Kwon-taek’s 2002 movie Painted Fire or Chihwaseon.

He also worked for Director Jeon Soo-il on low-budget art films such as Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (2008) and I Came from Busan (2010), also called Youngdo Bridge.

In 2017, Park gained international recognition with his first commercial feature film, The Villainess (Korean: 악녀, romanized: Ak Nyeo).

The movie tells the story about four musicians’ trip to Nepal, people they met there, their experiences and challenges they faced, and the small but precious realizations they made.

[15][16][3] In the 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival of 2022, cinematographers Park Jung-hoon and Lee Seon-yeong were selected as judges for the CGK Cinematography Award category.

The CGK Cinematography Award is a recently established category that was introduced last year and, in 2022, received support from the Korean Cinematographers Guild.