Betty Lee Kim was born in Chico, California of Korean immigrant parents and grew up in New York City and New Jersey. She received a BFA in painting and an MFA in fiction writing from Cornell University. As a graduate student at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Kim was awarded the 2006 James Bridges Scholarship for Yasin, a short film about an Arab-American boy whose father is detained after 9/11. Yasin has screened at festivals around the world including Berlin, Dubai, and Palm Springs. Kim’s first feature-length script, Lucky Star, was a finalist in Film Independent’s 2007 Screenwriters Lab and was short-listed by the 2008 Sundance Writers Lab. She is currently developing Lucky Star as her feature film debut, as well as producing another feature, Fate.

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