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 last 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. He is a 2021 Diverso Minority Report Fellow and 2021 Shorts to Feature Lab Fellow.
Thomas is currently based in LA and developing a feature based on the proof-of-concept short, SI.
