Daewon Kim

Assistant Professor of Film Studies and Production
531 O’Dowd Hall
248-370-2268
[email protected]

Education

M.F.A. San Francisco State University
B.A. San Francisco State University

Bio

Daewon Kim is an award-winning film director, editor and animator whose projects have screened at festivals across the globe. His goals as a filmmaker are to create visual experiences that allow audiences to enjoy surreal scenes and stories that are possible in only in the cinema, while revealing a deeper truth about reality. The audience experiences extraordinary and meaningful moments -- impossible in real life -- through these visual and auditory experiences. In these moments, he believes the filmmaker or the director has a unique opportunity to deliver powerful messages using his or her capacity to manipulate images and sounds and with the power of the imagination. This is a beauty that only film and video can produce. He received a master of fine arts degree from San Francisco State University and he teaches courses as an Assistant Professor in the area of film production at Oakland University, especially focused on editing, sound design, color correction, animation and visual effects.

Courses Taught

FLM 1600 Filmmaking I
FLM 2600 Filmmaking II
FLM 3640 Design, Motion, Effects
FLM 3645 Animation
FLM 3660 Short Form Filmmaking
FLM 3906 After Effects
FLM 4999 Filmmaking Thesis

Highlighted works

Olivia’s Ocean (director, cinematographer & editor) feature musical film, Corpus Christi, TX. (2021)

Grackles (director & editor) short documentary film, Corpus Christi, TX. (2020)

His World (director & editor) short narrative film, San Francisco, CA. (2018)

Abina and the Important Men (animator & editor) feature animation, San Francisco, CA. (2016)

Kuwentuha (editor) short experimental film, San Francisco, CA. (2016)

Circle (director & editor) short narrative film, San Francisco, CA. (2015)

AbNormal (director & editor) short narrative film, San Francisco, CA. (2013)

Baduquai - Alma Desnuda (director & editor) Music Video, San Francisco, CA. (2010)

Fork In the Road - Alma Desnuda (director & editor) Music Video, San Francisco, CA. (January 2009)

Hello Kitty - Stump Village (assistant director & editor) TV-series animation, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (2007)

Left Hander (director & editor) 16mm short film, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (2002)