About

Abraham Lim is a Korean American award winning international director, writer and producer. He received his BFA/MFA as a scholarship student at New York University. Over ten years of professional experience in Hollywood and New York, he has worked on programs for National Geographic, ESPN, FOX TV, Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures. While studying at NYU he directed over 20 music videos for Polygram, Sony, and Jive records. His graduate thesis film FLY got the attention of legendary director Robert Altman, who met him after a Directors Guild screening of the film. Altman asked him to edit his next film "Cookie's Fortune" and later signed on as executive producer for Lim's first feature film "Roads and Bridges".

After making two feature films with Asian American casts, positively reviewed in Variety, he turned his attention to working in Asia. Based in Seoul, South Korea, his third feature film "God Is D_ad" won the KOFIC/BFC independent film grant at Busan Film Festival. The film made it's festival debut in 2010 at Cinequest Film Festival. It won Best Feature Film awards at the KOFFLA Korean Los Angeles Film Festival and Phoenix Comic Con.

Most recently he directed a children's television show "Magic Carpet" in Singapore, and directed a program for SPIKE TV in Manila featuring MMA star Rampage Jackson. "Where Is Wang Hao", his fourth feature shot across China was completed in 2016. His fifth feature film, a documentary, "Shifting: Journeys Through Antarctica" premiered at the St. Louis International Film Festival in 2021.

Years of experience

20+

15

Countries

14

Awards

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Sandcastle Productions / October Films / Fox Searchlight / Fox Television / PBS / Starz Encore / A&E / ESPN / NAATA / Sony Nano Pictures / California Pictures / Displaced Films / Cinewise Films / New California Media / Petate Productions

Asia

Batiq LLC / eTBS FM / KOFIC / Spike TV / Sophies World Productions / Beltroad One / Huace Film Corporation

Clients

NY

MTV Network / Geffen Records / Stepsun Records / Sony Recording / Jive Records / Pendulum Records / PBS Nature / CBS This Morning / FX Network / VISN Faith and Values Network / Court TV / Riviera Films / UNICEF / Fova Agencia / Woo Art International

LA

Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival

Kansas KAN Film Festival

Asian Cinevision Film Festival

Urbanworld Film Festival

Chicago Asian Film Festival

Los Angeles VC Film Festival

Cinemanila Film Festival

San Diego Asian Film Festival

Goa India International Film Festival

Florida Supercon Film Festival

Ningbo Short Film Festival

Golden Sun Film Festival

Film Festivals

Cinequest Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

Disney/EDSA Showcase

Silverlake Film Festival

Seattle Bumbershoot Film Festival

St.Louis International Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival

Manheim-Heidelberg Internacionales

Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival

Taiwan Asian Pacific Film Festival

San Francisco Asian International