Talent Guide

Gerry Kim

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Fast Track 2021, Grants and Awards 2021

Bio

Gerry Kim runs the Brooklyn based production company, PPW Films, which is committed to diverse and issue based storytelling.
 He has produced many award-winning films, including Iris Shim’s The House of Suh, Jennifer Kroot’s To Be Takei, and Esra Saydam and Nisan Dag’s Across the Sea. His most recent film, Fernando Frias de la Parra’s I’m No Longer Here, won 10 Mexican Ariels and was shortlisted for Best International Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. Gerry was awarded the Producers Award at Film Independent’s Spirit Awards and was selected as a Creative Producing Fellow at the Sundance Institute in 2014.

Current Project

The Mesopotamian

Logline

Under the moons of Ramadan, a Muslim EMT works the chaotic fringes of NYC with her veteran partner. A chance encounter will spark an affair that will upend her world.