Background
She was born in Busan, South of Korea in 1968 and was raised in Los Angeles, California.
She was born in Busan, South of Korea in 1968 and was raised in Los Angeles, California.
She has made three feature films, In Between Days, Treeless Mountain and Foreign Ellen, set in Canada, South of Korea and the United States, respectively. Loosely inspired by her own youth, the film was shot in Toronto, mostly improvised by its teenage cast members, whose awkward, raw romance and alienation from their surroundings were expressed through intimate digital photography. Kim"s film Foreign Ellen premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2014, Kim released Spark and Light, a short film starring Riley Keough commissioned by fashion house Miu Miu as part of their ongoing series Women"s Tales.
In 2016 Kim"s film Lovesong premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
