Gloria Ui Young Kim
Gloria Ui Young Kim is a Korean Canadian film and television director and screenwriter,[1] most noted as director of the films Queen of the Morning Calm[2] and Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story.[3]
Born in Seoul, South Korea, she moved to Toronto, Ontario in childhood.[4] She studied English literature at the University of Toronto, and worked as a journalist for Maclean's before studying filmmaking at the Canadian Film Centre's Directors Lab in 2008.[5]
Kim made a number of short films, including Partial Selves (2000), Rock Garden: A Love Story (2007), The Auction (2010), Why Do I Dance? (2012) and Flamenco Movie (2015) before winning an award from Women in the Directors Chair in 2016 toward the production of Queen of the Morning Calm.[1] The film went into production in November 2018,[6] and had its theatrical premiere at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival.[5] The film was subsequently screened as part of the 2020 Canadian Film Festival,[2] where it won the award for William F. White Reel Canadian Indie, and Kim won the award for Best Director.[7]
The television movie Left for Dead, produced in Canada by Cineflix, premiered in 2021 on Lifetime.[3] Kim received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Direction in a TV Movie at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[8]
She has also directed episodes of the television series It's My Party!, Odd Squad, Coroner, Heartland and Murdoch Mysteries. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for It's My Party!.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Director Gloria Ui Young Kim wins $190,000 award". Toronto Star, November 22, 2016.
- ^ a b Angela Morrison, "CFF Review: 'Queen of the Morning Calm' Is a Must-See Debut from a Rising Canadian Director". Exclaim!, May 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Bruce R. Miller, "With 'Left for Dead,' Lifetime dramatizes story of Millstadt teen strangled by teacher". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 9, 2021.
- ^ "15 Minutes With Gloria Ui Young Kim". She Does the City, November 22, 2016.
- ^ a b Lauren Malyk, "Gloria Ui Young Kim’s push for Queen of the Morning Calm". Playback, December 6, 2019.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "Gloria Ui Young Kim rolls on her debut feature". Playback, November 22, 2018.
- ^ Debra Yeo, "Documentary ‘Shoot to Marry’ and feature ‘Queen of the Morning Calm’ win Canadian Film Fest awards". Toronto Star, June 8, 2020.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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