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Justin Chon Biography

Birth Name:Justin Jitae Chon

Birth Place:Garden Grove, California, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Owns "The Attic," a clothing store chain in Southern California
  • Lived in the dorms at Yonsei University and later with his grandmother while learning Korean in Seoul
  • Majored in Business Administration at the University of Southern California
  • Born to Sang, a child actor in South Korea's black and white film industry and Kyung, pianist and homemaker
  • Appeared in a T-Mobile commercial for his first paid acting job
  • Played saxophone in the marching band for his high school in Irvine
  • Personal hobbies include playing the guitar and violin, snowboarding, and making YouTube videos with his friends

Awards

  • 2015Jury Award-Best Narrative: nominated
  • 2015Grand Jury Prize-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
  • 2015Special Jury Prize-Best Animation in a Non-Animated Film: winner
  • 2017Grand Special Prize-: nominated
  • 2017Narrative Feature Competition-: nominated
  • 2017CineVision Award-Best Film By An Emerging Director: nominated
  • 2017Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2017Audience Award-Best of Next!: winner
  • 2017Grand Jury Prize-North American Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2017Jury Prize-Best Director - North American Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2017Audience Award-North American Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2017Golden Eye Award-Best International Feature Film: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-Next: nominated
  • 2018Black Reel-Outstanding Independent Feature: nominated
  • 2018Someone to Watch Award-: winner
  • 2018Humanitas Prize-Sundance Film Category: nominated
  • 2019Jury Award-Best Narrative: nominated
  • 2019Grand Jury Prize-Narrative Feature Competition: winner
  • 2019Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
  • 2021Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 2021Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2021Audience Award-: winner
  • 2021Grand Special Prize-: nominated
  • 2022Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2022Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Series - Longform: winner
  • 2023Independent Spirit Award-Best New Scripted Series: nominated
  • 2023Peabody Award-Entertainment: winner