A writer/director
attracted to the sci-fi/fantasy genres, Kim's work frequently
involves intimate human stories that are set in big,
imagined worlds.
In addition to the accolades for West Bank Story, she
is the recipient of many awards, including the Mary
Pickford Production Scholarship, the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences Internship Fellowship, the
Lerner Finishing Funds Scholarship and the College For
Creative Studies Photography Award. Her work has been
read at New York's famed 5th Night Series where she
directed noted actor Justin Theroux in the leading role
of her script LIVE BY THE GUN.
Her USC science-fiction thesis film which she wrote
and directed, THE CONNECTION, played in various film
festivals and won Best Visual Effects in the 2005 International
Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival. Her feature script
LOVE 50.o is loosely based off of the short.
Kim graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A. in Production
from USC's School of Cinema-Television in December 2004.
She holds a B.A. in Film and Video Studies from University
of Michigan. She is originally from Detroit and lived
in New York for five years before moving to Los Angeles.
Kim currently writes and directs TV commercials and
is represented by UTA and Principal Entertainment for
feature film writing and directing. Her next feature
script, THE LAST DOG ON THE MOON, is about a little
girl named Elsa Peachey who accidentally ends up on
a rocket bound for a distant planet.
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