Michael Kang (director)

Michael Kang (director)

Michael Kang (born May 3, 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American film director and screen writer. He is Korean American and based in Los Angeles.

His feature directorial debut was the independent movie The Motel, which premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. The Motel won the Humanitas Prize and the NHK International Filmmakers Award, as well as the top jury prizes from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and the VC Film Festival. Most recently, The Motel was nominated for Best First Feature Film by the Independent Spirit Awards. It is currently on DVD through Palm Pictures.

Most recently, Kang directed the Korean American feature West 32nd. West 32nd premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007. The film was produced by Teddy Zee and features John Cho, Grace Park and Jeong Jun Ho.

Kang was honored with a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Residency Grant at the MacDowell Colony. He is recipient of the Geri Ashur Award in screenwriting through the New York Foundation for the Arts. He also received a fellowship through the ABC / DGA New Talent Television Directing Program. Kang is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

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