ABOUT
Justin is a writer-director whose work focuses on diaspora, belonging, and our changing relationship with the natural world. Born in South Korea and raised in LA, he has lived and worked across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. His short fiction film Sarajin was selected for the 2023 Indeed x Hillman Grad Rising Voices program and premiered at Tribeca. His documentary short film White Grass was selected for the 2022 Sundance Ignite program and premiered at HotDocs. He is currently developing his first feature.
AWARDS
CJ x TIFF K-Story Fellow 2024
Sundance Asian American Fellow 2023
Indeed x Hillman Grad Rising Voices Fellow 2023
Sundance Ignite Fellow 2022
U.S. Fulbright to South Korea 2022
Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Fellow 2022
Metrograph Programming Fellow 2021
IFP/Marcie Bloom Fellow 2020
Thomas J. Watson Fellow 2019
Telluride Student Symposium 2017