Talent Guide
Jin Yoo-Kim
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- Discipline:Producer
- Program Year:CNN Docuseries Intensive 2020, Documentary Lab 2020
Bio
Jin Yoo-Kim (director/producer) is a documentary producer, frequent film director, rare Korean Bolivian American, never ending mother, and eternal foodie always seeking the best food a city has to offer. Jin directed a short film called The Raw Truth, about raw vegans in Los Angeles (The Documentary Channel, Parallel Lines, SHORTS HD TV, Gaiam TV). She also directed a narrative short about two foodies falling in love in Los Angeles called Bacon Wrapped Date. She most recently directed a 2 minute short as part of the A-Doc #AsianAmCovidStories called Spamfight! About an Asian American woman who cooks Spam during Shelter in Place despite her live-in vegetarian boyfriend’s disgust. Jin is currently producing Manzanar, Diverted (dir. Ann Kaneko), a feature documentary exploring California water issues through the eyes of Native American, Japanese American WWI incarcerees, and environmentalist experiences. She is a 2020-21 Sundance Creative Producers Fellow, a 2020 Film Independent Doc Lab fellow, and was a 2017 Firelight Media Impact Producing Fellow. She received her MFA in Film from USC and a BA in Psychology and Cinema & Media Studies from Wellesley College.
Current Project
Cult FoodsLogline
Meaty obsession. Deep-fried devotion. Flavorful followers. Cult Foods is a docuseries that unwraps the foods that go from relative obscurity to fanatical worship. Kneel at the altar and witness the cuisine that stirs up subcultures, heats up waitlists, squeezes in crime, and melts hearts. In the first season of this series, sing the praises of SPAM, quinoa, cauliflower, and fried chicken.