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Jin Yoo-Kim
- Location:
- United States
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Racial Injustice, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Women and Girls
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Designing impact guides, Mentorship, Impact evaluation
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Korean descent, Bolivian -born, American citizen
- Self identification:
- woman
Bio
JIN YOO-KIM is a Bolivian-born Korean American filmmaker who directed and produced for TAKE OUT WITH LISA LING. She produced and impact produced MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST, co-produced and impact produced A WOMAN’S WORK: THE NFL’S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM, co-produced K-TOWN ‘92, and impact produced for TRY HARDER!, WAKING DREAM, BLOWIN’ UP. She is an impact mentor for A-Doc x Haverfod Impact Lab for LIQUOR STORE DREAMS, a regional board member for DPA, and is a 2022 US - South Korea NextGen Creative Fellow and a 2022 Women at Sundance x Adobe Fellow. Jin was also a 2020 Sundance Creative Producers Fellow, a 2020 Film Independent X CNN Original Series Docuseries Fellow, a 2020-2021 Redford Center fellow, and a 2020 Film Independent Doc Lab fellow, and a 2017 Firelight Media Impact Producing Fellow. She received her MFA in Film from USC and a BA in Psychology and Cinema & Media Studies from Wellesley College. When she's not working, Jin is eating her way through LA, growing an edible garden to share with her husband and son.
