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]

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