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Latest work:
"Cookies for Sale" USA 2007 \| 3 min. \| HD Commissioned by Northwest Film Forum for the "Signature Shorts" program Best Northwest Film & Audience Award - Children's Film Festival Seattle > Visit cookiesforsalefilm.com
Award-winning animated shorts:
"Profiles in Science" USA 2002 \| 5 min. \| Super-8/computer animation Best Animated Short - SXSW Film Festival > Read \| Credits \| IMDb	click to watch
"Vision Test" USA 2002 \| 6 min. \| Computer animation First Prize - Black Maria Film and Video Festival Jury Prize - Media That Matters Film Festival > Buy (select 2003 DVD) \| Read \| Credits \| IMDb	click to watch
Documentary shorts:
"Community Stories: Aquarium Kids" USA 2006 \| 10 min. \| Digital video Produced for the series "Community Stories" on Seattle Channel > Credits	click to watch
"Seattle: Fremont" (aka "Monsruang") USA 2004 \| 6 min. \| Digital video Produced for the 2004 Seattle International Film Festival "Fly Filmmaking Challenge" > Credits \| IMDb	click to watch
Karaoke videos:
"Nessun dorma" USA 2007 \| 3 min. \| Digital video Produced for the 2007 "Karaoke Challenge" sponsored by Northwest Film Forum and Three Dollar Bill Cinema > Credits	click to watch
"You Meaning of Inside Life" USA 2006 \| 3 min. \| Digital video Produced for the 2006 "Karaoke Challenge" sponsored by Northwest Film Forum and Three Dollar Bill Cinema > Credits \| Stills	click to watch
Spec ads:
"PMV" USA 2005 \| 30 sec. \| Digital video Produced for the 2005 San Diego Asian Film Festival Michelob Light Short Flicks Competition > Credits	click to watch
"Weather" USA 2002 \| 30 sec. \| Digital video Winner - Pyramid Breweries Go Coastal Digital Film Festival > Credits	click to watch
Trailers:
"Festival 2007 Trailer" USA 2006 \| 90 sec. \| Digital video Trailer produced by students in a children's filmmaking class at Northwest Film Forum for Children's Film Festival Seattle 2007 > Credits	click to watch
"Cinema K is for Kids" USA 2005 \| 1 min. \| Digital video Trailer for Children's Film Festival Seattle 2006 at Northwest Film Forum > Credits	click to watch
"Get Schooled" USA 2005 \| 1 min. \| Digital video Trailer for Northwest Asian American Film Festival 2006 > Credits	click to watch
"Surveillance" USA 2003 \| 30 sec. \| Computer animation Trailer for Satellites 03 Film Festival > Credits	click to watch
"Obsolete Media Weekend" USA 2003 \| 35 sec. \| Computer animation Trailer for Northwest Film Forum > Credits	click to watch
"Drag Fest 2003" USA 2003 \| 1 min. \| Computer animation Trailer for Northwest Film Forum > Credits	click to watch
"Ultra" USA 2002 \| 1 min. \| Digital video Trailer for Northwest Film Forum > Credits	click to watch
Super-8:
"Why It's a Good Thing" USA 2002 \| 3 min. \| Super-8 > Read \| Credits \| IMDb	click to watch
"Run Wiggly Run" USA 2002 \| 2 min. \| Super-8 Trailer for Northwest Film Forum > Read \| Credits	click to watch
Other projects:
"Aardvarks on a Tank" USA 2006 \| 5 min. \| Digital video Produced for Alamo Drafthouse's "Blanks on a Blank" contest NOTE: Contains adult language. > Credits	click to watch
"Visual Test" USA 2005 \| 30 sec. \| Computer animation Produced for the 2005 "Past/Forward" celebration at Visual Communications > Credits	click to watch
Bio:
WES KIM is the writer/director of the award-winning short films "Profiles in Science" and "Vision Test." His films have appeared in nearly forty US and international film festivals and have screened in seventeen countries. They've also been broadcast nationally on public and cable television and have been featured in programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle. Wes has received filmmaking grants from Artist Trust and 4Culture, and he's been invited to participate in Seattle International Film Festival's Fly Filmmaking Challenge and Northwest Film Forum's Signature Shorts program. As a film programmer, Wes has directed four editions of Northwest Asian American Film Festival and two seasons of the film series Sneak Films. Wes has been a grant panelist for Northwest Film Forum, the City of Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Center for Asian American Media. He was also a member of the search committee for the appointment of a new director to the City of Seattle Mayor's Office of Film and Music. Wes lives with his wife and two sons in Seattle, Washington.

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