KANG MIN KIM
filmmaker, designer based on LA
KANG MIN KIM
designer, storyteller, filmmaker
KANG MIN KIM is a designer, storyteller, multiple award winning filmmaker based in LA.
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His film, KKUM won the grand prize for independent short and the public prize at the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival, marking just the third time in the 44 editions of the OIAF that the same short film has won both prizes.
His films have screened internationally at many festivals including Sundance, Annecy, Ottawa, Zagreb, Hiroshima, AFI and more.
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He is a highly creative and multitalented visual artist with a strong background in graphic designand animation and his work combines handcrafted media with designed backgrounds. KANG MIN holds a BFA and MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. He has been working on lot of commercial projects and independent films as a director, art director, production designer, and compositor.
EDUCATION
2006 Communication Design at Samsung Art and Design Institute
2011 BFA and MFA in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts
AWARDS
animated short film: KKUM
Best Animated Film / Ann Arbor Film Festival 2021( OSCAR qualifying )
Grand Prize / Ottawa International Animation Festival 2020( OSCAR qualifying )
Public Prize / Ottawa International Animation Festival 2020
Special Mention / international animation festival fest ANCA / 2021
Grand Prix / GLAS 2021
Mikeldi for Best Animation / ZINEBI 62 2020
Best Independent Film / Stop Motion Montreal 2020
Juror Honorable Mention / sweaty eyeballs animation 2020
Sound / Music Prize / Korea Independent Animation Festival 2020
Grand Prize / Korea Independent Animation Festival 2020
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animated short film: JEOM
Special Jury Recognition / SXSW Film Festival 2018
CINECUBE award / Asiana International Short Film Festival 2018
BEST OF THE MONTH / Vimeo staff pick
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animated short film: Deer Flower
Special Jury mention / Animafest Zagreb 2016
Best animated film / Aspen Shorfest 2016 ( OSCAR qualifying )
Best Animation Short / Melbourne International Film Festival 2016 ( OSCAR qualifying )
Special Jury Mention / AFI FEST 2016
Grand prix / Busan International Short Film Festival 2016
Grand prix / Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival 2016
Special Jury Prize / Jeonju International Film Festival 2016
Prize for independent walk / Indie-AniFest 2016
Honorific Mention / SHORTS MEXICO 2016
Grand Prix / China Independent Animation Film Forum 2016
Honorable Mention / Philadelphia Film Festival 2016
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animated short film: 38-39Ëšc
Grand Prix Experimental / CINE COURT ANIME 2013
Best Animated Short / Ashland Independent Film Festival 2012
Best Short Animation / San Diego Asian Film Festival 2012
Animation Semifinalist / Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2012
KOREA ANIMATION AWARD / KOREA CONTENT AWARDS 2013
NOMINATION
Best Animated Short Subject / The 48th Annie Awards
Best Animated Short Subject / The 44th Annie Awards
Best of the Year / Vimeo 2018
2010 mar
2012 mar
2013 apr
2015 mar
2015 apr
2016 nov
2016 nov
2016 nov
2016 nov
2018 Sep
2018 Feb
2019 Mar
2019 Apr
2020 Jan
2022 July
2022 Oct
LECTURE, WORKSHOP
CalArts - Experimental Animation Class
CalArts - Experimental Animation Class
FZ FIFTEEN animation & story gallery
California State University - Experimental Animation Class
Asia University - Visual Communication Design
Kookmin University - Entertainment Design Dept
sadi - communication design
KONKUK University - animation
Seoul Institute of the Arts - Digital Arts
Rhode Island School of Design
CalArts - Experimental Animation Class
California State University - Experimentl Animation Class
R & D - paper in motion
CalArts + Hongik University workshop
Masterclass at Fantasia Film Festival
Rhode Island School of Design
EXHIBITION
The Postmodern Child at Museum of Contemporary Art Busan KOREA 2022-2023
Grimdosi at Culture Station Seoul 284. KOREA 2019
Experimental Stop Motion Exhibition at animation & story gallery TAIWAN 2013
Motion Factory Exhibition at La Gaîté lyrique FRANCE 2014
RED Exhibition at ANDLAB USA 2016