Jerome Yoo

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Jerome Yoo is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] He is most noted for his 2024 feature debut film Mongrels , for which he won the Emerging Canadian Director award at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, [2] and received Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations for Best British Columbia Director and One to Watch at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2024. [3]

Born in South Korea, he emigrated to Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his family in childhood. [1] He developed an interest in film while studying biochemistry at the University of British Columbia. [4] He had various acting roles, and directed a number of short films, prior to making Mongrels . [1] His most noted short film, Idols Never Die (2019), was co-written with actress Andrea Bang. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vicki Duong, "The Breakouts 2025: Filmmaker Jerome Yoo braves kids and animals with 'Mongrels'". The Georgia Straight , February 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Nicholas Sokic, "Ann Marie Fleming’s Can I Get A Witness? leads VFCC noms". Playback , January 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ Janet Smith, "Jerome Yoo's Mongrels explores immigrant experience through surreal imagery". Stir, February 13, 2025.
  5. ↑ Craig Takeuchi, "Kim's Convenience and Man in the High Castle cast members among winning Crazy8s film projects". The Georgia Straight , January 8, 2019.
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