writer.director
Thomas Percy Kim is a Korean-American writer/director kindled by raw, introspective narratives and poetic imagery. His debut stop-motion short film, TREJUR, has screened at venues such as Heartland (now Indyshorts) and Busan International before receiving the Harry Winston Brilliant Futures award and YoungArts gold medal by the age of 17. Currently at USC’s BFA Film Production program, he is repped at APA as writer/director, and his latest project, SI, starring Ki Hong Lee (Maze Runner, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) premiered at the 2020 shorts Oscar-qualifying LAAPFF before being sold and distributed by HBO as part of their APA Visionaries program, presented by the Bruce Lee Family Companies. He is a 2021 Diverso Minority Report Fellow, and his work has been publicized on outlets such as Variety, The Wrap, Deadline, NBC, Nike, Wongfu, CAAM, CAPE, Visual Communications, and more.
He is based in LA and currently developing a feature based on the proof-of-concept short, SI.
