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