Christine Yoo | |
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Christine Yoo is an 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] [ better source needed ] 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 directed 26.2 to Life , released in 2022, a documentary that portrays incarcerated runners who complete a marathon within San Quentin State Prison. [9]
Yoo is a graduate of the USC Film School. [10] [11]
