LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 01: (L-R) Lee Byung-hun and Park Chan Wook attend the 2025 LACMA Art+Film Gala, Presented By Gucci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for LACMA)
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Could you be NEON’s newest intern for the summer?
Well, there’s a chance for you to be chosen by cinema’s most acclaimed filmmakers, Director Park Chan-wook, and award-winning international actor, Lee Byung Hun.
To celebrate the upcoming release of Director Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, starring Lee, the leading independent film studio, NEON, announced today an exclusive opportunity for undergraduate college students nationwide for a chance to be selected as a summer 2026 intern, chosen by Director Park and Lee.
Applications are open now through December 8 here.
To apply, you must submit your resume and cover letter addressed to Director Park and Lee Byung Hun through their Career Page. In the letter, applicants must explain why they would like to join NEON’s internship program and what they hope to learn, contribute, and take forward in their academic and career interests. Applicants without cover letters and not addressed to Director Park and Lee Byung Hun will not be considered – so be very thorough. This opportunity is very rare.
The NEON Summer Internship program runs from Monday, May 18, 2026, through August 14, 2026, and is open only to rising juniors and seniors from accredited colleges or universities. It requires you to be on-site at either the New York or Los Angeles office. It is a paid internship, and they can offer school credit and documentation.
For college students interested in the entertainment and creative industries, NEON’s internship program offers hands-on opportunities to be involved in cinema, receive mentorship, and build Hollywood connections. According to NEON, their program is tailored to your interests and skills and provides hands-on experience across various aspects of film distribution, from marketing and publicity to acquisitions and theatrical sales and distribution.
Also, they get to say they’ve been chosen by Director Park and actor Lee Byung Hun themselves.
In Director Park’s dark comedy No Other Choice, based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel The Ax, the story follows Man-su (Lee) on his desperate search for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years. No Other Choice has been praised highly by critics and cinema fans, with a 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
No Other Choice opens in select theaters on December 25 (Christmas), everywhere in January.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurasirikul/2025/12/02/park-chan-wook-and-lee-byung-hun-are-looking-for-neons-summer-intern/
