Choi Jin-uk
Directing
Biography
Jinuk Choi is a Korean filmmaker / 3D artist based in New York City. He received a BFA degree in Visual Communication Design from Seoul National University in Korea. After graduating, he worked at Kakao for three years, creating kakao friends character animation films. He moved to New York and graduated with a master’s degree in Computer Animation from School of Visual Arts, where he created his 3D animated film 'Beyond the Line'.
Known For
An empty can drops into a bus from the sky. The silence breaks. Chaos spreads. Passengers clash. Caught in misunderstandings, selfish desires, and quiet schemes. A ‘danse macabre’ unfolds inside the bus.
Empty Can
A wheelchair dreams of one day being fast like a racing car. One night, the wheelchair decided to race in the hospital hallway with its friends. This unique race used a bandage to mark the starting line, and the sound of a heart rate device for the starting race signal. Will the wheelchair be able to fulfill its dream tonight?
Beyond the Line
A grieving boy finds the hair of his recently deceased mother caught in the drainage hole, and gets swept into the ‘Hair Universe’, an unknown world underneath the bathtub.