CRYSTAL JIN KIM

Crystal Jin Kim is an artist and award-winning independent filmmaker from Atlanta, Georgia. She is the 2023-2025 alumnus of the Atlanta Film Society's Filmmaker-in-Residence program and a 2020-2022 alumnus of The Creatives Project’s Artist-in-Studio residency. Crystal received Asian Cultural Empowerment's inaugural Grant Award in 2021 and was nominated for the 2023 United States Artists Fellowship award in filmmaking. She is a Hambidge Center Fellow 2023, an Oreum Residency Artist 2025, and an Edge Award Finalist 2026.

Crystal graduated from Northwestern University in 2014 with two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Radio/Television/Film and the other in Art Theory and Practice.

Her short films have screened at numerous film festivals in the U.S. and abroad. These include the Atlanta Film Festival, CAAMFest, Hollyshorts Film Festival, Seoul International Youth Film Festival, HAAPIFest, and more.

Crystal's arts practice includes mother-of-pearl, photography, drawing, painting, and more.