NaRhee Ahn is a Korean American female filmmaker committed to raising the representation of Asian Americans in the media. After graduating from Columbia University Graduate Film Division, her shorts A SON FOR SENSEI and UNDER:ELEGY, which was broadcast on AZN Network, toured the Asian American film festival circuit. Her feature debut as a writer/director was PURITY, which was screened at festivals and won awards for its soundtrack by composer George Shaw and for actress Jae Suh. Ms. Ahn has spoken on being a woman director of color at Brown, Columbia and New York Universities, The City University of New York, The Asia Society and Museum and on the show Asian America (PBS) and is a board member of The Columbia University Entertainment group. She has just completed THE RIOT CLUB, a horror film about the aftermath of the Rodney King riots, set in Los Angeles’ Koreatown and is writing her first comedy, THE BEIJING BOYS about the most famous boy band that you’ve never heard of!
Filmography
Purity (aka Part One of The Kim/Lee/Park Trilogy, “Soon Soo”)
February 2006, 24p miniDV, Color, 96 minutes.
Delray Beach Film Festival
March 2007
2nd Annual LA Femme Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA USA
October 7, 2006
3rd Annual Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA USA
October 2, 2006
29th Annual Asian CineVision Asian American International Film Festival
New York, NY USA
July 13-21, 2006
Friday, July 14, 6:30PM
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium
The Asia Society
725 Park Avenue @ 70th Street
Director NaRhee Ahn, Actresses Susane Lee and Jae Suh and Composer George Shaw attended
Afterparty sponsored by AZN TV at 9:30PM
Fat Baby
112 Rivington Street between Ludlow and Essex Streets
Featuring TAIYO, THE IDES, KEVIN SO and DEBORAH S. CRAIG performing from the PURITY soundtrack
also screening
Wednesday, July 19, 3:30PM
The Quad Cinema
34 West 13th Street @ 6th Avenue
Director NaRhee Ahn and Actor Chil Kong attended
4th Annual Asian/Asian American Alumni Alliance Reception
Providence, RI USA
May 30, 2006
New England Premiere
Special screening for Brown University
3rd Annual Trenton Film Festival
Trenton, NJ U S A
May 4-7, 2006
East Coast Premiere May 7
Winner – The Richard Kind Award for Best Supporting
Actress, Jae Suh
Nominee – Best Feature Film, Best Actor, Chil Kong
Best Actress, Susane E. Lee
Best Supporting Actor, Leonard Wu
22nd Annual Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film & Video Festival
Los Angeles, CA U S A
May 4-11, 2006
West Coast Premiere May 7
11th Annual Chicago Asian American Film Showcase
Chicago, IL U S A
March 31 through April 13, 2006
Midwest Premiere April 5
Park City Film Music Festival
Gold Medal - Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film
Park City, UT U S A
January 21-29, 2006
World Premiere January 21
S.A.B.R.E. (aka. Super Asian Baby Rules Everything), July 2004, miniDV, Color, 6 minutes.
Under : Elegy, April 2002, miniDV, B&W/Color, 3 minutes.
A Son for Sensei, January 1999, 16mm, B&W/Color, 20 minutes.
Killer Geishas: The Documentary, 1998, miniDV, Color, 30 minutes.
UnFortune, 1996, 16mm, Color, 12 minutes.
Swear to Differ, 1992, 16mm, B&W, 45 minutes.
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