Filmmaker, Art and Creative Director & Animator
Brooklyn, NY ✌
Awards/Screenings
EMMY - WINNER 2023
OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE COVERAGE
NO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE TALIBAN’S AFGHANISTAN
EMMY - NOMINEE 2023
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIRECTION
VICE NEWS INVESTIGATES: MAFIA LAND
EMMY - NOMINEE 2022
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIRECTION
PANDEMIC STANDARD TIME
PEABODY - NEWS AWARD 2022
NO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE TALIBAN’S AFGHANISTAN
ARTIST DIRECTOR’S CLUB - NOMINEE 2023
CRAFT IN MOTION / FILM
NO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE TALIBAN’S AFGHANISTAN
ARTIST DIRECTOR’S CLUB - SHORT LIST 2022
CRAFT IN MOTION / FILM
PANDEMIC STANDARD TIME
ARTIST DIRECTOR’S CLUB - SHORT LIST 2022
CRAFT IN MOTION / FILM
THE SPOTTED LANTERN FLY
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS - MEDAL FINALIST 2022
VIDEO: ANIMATED CONTENT
NO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE TALIBAN’S AFGHANISTAN
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS - SILVER AWARD 2021
BEST VIDEO FEATURE EXPLAINER
CAN’T FIND COINS ANYWHERE? BLAME COVID-19 FOR THAT, TOO
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS - BRONZE AWARD 2021
VIDEO: ANIMATED CONTENT
LOVE REMOTELY: RECLOSETED
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGNERS - MERIT FINALIST 2020
VIDEO: ANIMATED CONTENT
CDC MORTALITY STATISTICS
MOTIONOGRAPHER - RAINBOW AWARD 2023
I’M GAY AND I DON’T LIKE PENETRATIVE SEX
MOTIONOGRAPHER - RAINBOW NOMINEE 2021
LOVE REMOTELY: RECLOSETED
AI-AP - AWARD 2022
INTERNATIONAL MOTION ART AWARD
IMAGINATION
JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION - NOMINEE 2023
VISUAL MEDIA - LONG FORM
VICE NEWS INVESTIGATES: MAFIA LAND
HERMES CREATIVE - PLATINUM AWARD 2022
VIDEO CREATIVITY IN ANIMATION
IMAGINATION
IT’S NICE THAT FEATURE - 2020
ARTICLE
LOSING MY RELIGION
TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL - 2015
SCREENING
PHANTASMATA
ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL - 2015
FILM IN COMPETITION
PHANTASMATA
Clients include Apple, Vice Media, Wall Street Journal, Joe Biden, Snapchat, Walmart, T-mobile, Progressive, Coach, Victoria’s secret, Marc Fischer, & Korres
IG: @gracejshin
I am a queer femme Korean-American filmmaker/director who believes animation is a medium and not a genre. I love telling character driven stories, informing the public with engaging and easy to digest content, and making people laugh whenever possible. I love experimental techniques and take pride in creating designs and solutions that are unique to each project that make people wonder how on earth I did that.
CV available upon request.