Christine Yoo

Christine Yoo is a Korean-American writer, director, producer and filmmaker. She has written and directed a romantic-comedy feature film entitled "Wedding Palace," starring Brian Tee, Kang Hye-jung, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, Joy Osmanski, Steve Park, Kelvin Han Yee, Elaine Kao, Charles Kim, Jean Yoon, Nancy J. Lee, Simon Rhee, and more.[1][2] The film is a U.S.-Korea joint production that won Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Cine Gear Expo Film Series Competition[3] and a Golden Angel Award for Best Asian American Film at the Chinese American Film Festival[4] and was also an official selection of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and a number of other film festivals. For the film, Yoo also received a Best Director award at the Atlanta Korean Film Festival as well.[5]

Yoo has also served as a writer on the animated series Afro Samurai, scripting at least 5 episodes of the show.[6] Yoo has also served as an Assistant Editor on TV shows such as VH1's Behind The Music, Motown 40: The Music is Forever, and an Apprentice Editor on the feature film Slums of Beverly Hills.[7] Yoo has also written and directed a short film entitled "Yellow Belle", a mid-1980s set film about an Asian American teenage girl who comes of age in America's South.[8]

Yoo is a graduate of the USC Film School.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Wedding Palace Screening, USC Film School, http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=12846
  2. ↑ Wedding Palace, 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/wedding_palace_2011
  3. ↑ CineGear Expo, 2012 Film Series Winners, http://www.cinegearexpo.com/?cat=39
  4. ↑ 2011 CAFF Golden Angel Awards, http://cafilmfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=502&Itemid=113&lang=e
  5. ↑ Korean Film Festival comes to Atlanta, http://kollaborationatlanta.org/2012/10/08/korean-film-festival-comes-to-atlanta/
  6. ↑ Asia Society, Interview with Christine Yoo, Writer, Director and Producer of "Wedding Palace", http://asiasociety.org/southern-california/interview-christine-yoo-writer-director-and-producer-wedding-palace
  7. ↑ Christine Yoo, Filmography by Genre, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948572/filmogenre
  8. ↑ Reviews, The 2nd Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival, http://www.reviewvancouver.org/sp_asianfestival98.htm
  9. ↑ Ada Tseng, Rowena Aquino, My Big Korean Wedding: interview with the director and cast of Wedding Palace. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?my_big_korean_wedding_interview_with_the_director_and_cast_of_wedding_palace_17537.aspx
  10. ↑ Oliver Saria, March Cover Story: Say I Do to ‘Wedding Palace’, KoreAm Magazine, March 15th 2012, http://iamkoream.com/march-cover-story-say-i-do-to-wedding-palace/

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