So Yong Kim

So Yong Kim (born 1968) is an American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: In Between Days, Treeless Mountain, For Ellen, and Lovesong. So Yong Kim is a recipient of the New York Foundation’s Video Artist Grant, Puffin Grant, MacDowell Colony Media Fellow for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sleipnir Nordik Arts Travel Grant. She has exhibited her installations and films/videos in Austin, Chicago, New York, London, Marseilles, Reykjavik, Milwaukee, Gothenburg, Osnabruck, and Tokyo.

Early life She was born in Busan, South Korea, in 1968 and moved to Los Angeles, California to live with her mother at the age of 12. She studied painting, performance and video art at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her MFA.

Career

In 2003, Kim produced the award-winning Icelandic feature Salt, directed by her husband and creative partner Bradley Rust Gray.

In 2006, Kim was featured on the list of the «25 Filmmakers to Watch» in Filmmaker Magazine.

In 2009, So Yong Kim also took part in the omnibus film Chinatown Film Project.

Kim's film For Ellen, starring Paul Dano, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2014, Kim released Spark and Light, a short film starring Riley Keough which was 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. The film, about two best friends who fall in love, reunited her with Jena Malone (who appeared in For Ellen) and Riley Keough. Additionally, Kim's first foray into directing television began in 2016 with Queen Sugar, and she has since directed episodes of Transparent, American Crime, The Good Fight, Halt and Catch Fire, Vida, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, and Tales from the Loop. In 2016, Kim also directed the music video for Mitski's "A Burning Hill."

In 2021, she directed four episodes of the limited series, Dr. Death.

Personal life Kim is married to Bradley Rust Gray since 1999. The couple have two children.

Filmography Year Title Director Writer Producer Editor 2006 In Between Days 2008 Treeless Mountain 2012 For Ellen 2016 Lovesong

Short film Year Title Director Writer Editor Note 2014 Spark and Light Segment of Women's Tales 2019 So Yong Kim TBD Segment of 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing

Television Year Title Episode(s)2016 Queen Sugar "The Darker Sooner" Transparent "Off the Grid"2017 American Crime "Season Three: Episode One" The Good Fight "Not So Grand Jury" Halt and Catch Fire "Nowhere Man" The Exorcist "One for Sorrow" There's... Johnny! "The Getaway""The Anniversary Show" 2017-2019 Room 104 "I Knew You Weren't Dead""The Return""Prank Call"2018 Vida "Episode 2" Get Shorty "Banana Split""Curtains" 2018-2019 Good Girls "A View from the Top""The Dubby"2019 New Amsterdam "A Seat at the Table" Divorce "Bad Manners" On Becoming a God in Central Florida "Birthday Party"2020 Tales from the Loop "Transpose" Grand Army "Brooklyn, 2020""See Me" 2021 Dr. Death "The $?!& in the Bed""Occam's Razor""Feet of Clay""Hardwood Floors" 2022 Roar "The Woman Who Was Kept on a Shelf""The Girl Who Loved Horses" 2023 Wilderness (Also executive producer) "Happily Ever After""The Other Woman""Repent At Leisure""Home Sweet Home""Like Mother, Like Daughter""Where White Knights Go To Die" 2024 Three Women "Climax""Her Name"2025 You "My Fair Maddie" We Were Liars "Lying Together in a Silver Lining""When Lies Gives You Lemons" Doc "What I Did For Love"