John Kim is a Korean-American writer and director raised between Germany and the Bay Area. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he makes films about the private pressures that shape how people interact with one another. He wrote and directed the short film Sweet Boy, selected for the Montclair Film Festival’s Fiction Shorts Competition and nominated for a jury award at NFFTY.

He has directed music videos and visual projects for artists including ISOxo, Knock2, SiR, and Tiffany Day. He collaborates with Dogma Studios and is developing Sweet Boy as a feature.