“Parasite” writer and director Bong Joon-Ho just wants awards season to be over already so he can go back to doing what he loves the most -- making movies. The film has been nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, which has been keeping him too busy to make more films.

"Parasite" cast (L-R) Song Kang-ho, Cho Yeo-jeong, director Bong Joon-ho, Lee Jung-eun, Choi Woo-shik, and Lee Sun-kyun pose with their trophies for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture during the SAG Awards in Los Angeles
"Parasite" cast (L-R) Song Kang-ho, Cho Yeo-jeong, director Bong Joon-ho, Lee Jung-eun, Choi Woo-shik, and Lee Sun-kyun pose with their trophies for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture during the SAG Awards in Los Angeles AFP / Jean-Baptiste Lacroix

TMZ has been catching up with Joon-Ho at LAX over the course of awards season to discuss the insanity of awards season and the impact that “Parasite” will have on the overall perception and accessibility of South Korean cinema with the immensely busy director.

The cameraman first asked Joon-Ho if “Parasite” would help popularize foreign language films here in America. “A little bit,” Joon-Ho said with a smile. But the most recent time the reporters had a chance to talk “Parasite” with the filmmaker, he seemed a little more exhausted. They asked if he was excited for the Oscar’s

“I’m happy it’s almost over,” Joon-Ho said with a slight chuckle.

They then asked him what it would mean to him if he were to win the Oscar for Best Picture, to which he replied: “I don’t know.”

The awards show season has been going on for the last several months now and Joon-Ho has been at just about every single one of them. So far, “Parasite” has taken home the Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Language film, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language, amongst countless other accolades.

There’s no doubt that the director is exhausted, but he’s in the home stretch with award season being capped off with the Academy Awards on Feb. 9.

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