Night exterior of an apartment walkway from Sweet Boy, with two figures visible through a window
JOHN KIM

JOHN KIM

Director / Los Angeles
Sweet Boy / 2026Selected work

Selected work

01 — 04

More work

05 — 14
05ISOKNOCK “EDC Surprise Headliner Reveal”Festival campaign · Directed & edited · 2025 06Kayzo “Unleashed XL”Live tour campaign · Directed & edited · 2024 07Tiffany Day “TELL ME WHAT I DID”Official music video · Co-directed · 2026 08sosocamo & SoFaygo “me & you”Official music video · Produced · 2026 09Dom Innarella “Call Me”Official music video · Directed & edited · 2025 10“Obligatory” Dir. Eli StaubShort film · Director of photography · 2024 11Bennett Coast “this is how i see the world”Minidoc · Cinematography · 2024 12Bennett Coast “Untitled”Official music video · Cinematography · 2023 13“The Falling” Dir. Kaveh HodjatShort film · Co-writer & producer · 2021 14“NATAS” Dir. John KimShort film · Written, directed & edited · 2019
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070 Shake performing amid lights and smokeSekou seated among keyboards in a recording studioA young man holds a banknote up to the light in front of a bus stop
About

John Kim

Portrait of John Kim

John Kim is a Korean-American director, writer, and photographer raised between Germany and the Bay Area. His films explore the private pressures that shape how people interact with one another.

A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he has worked with artists including ISOxo, SiR, and Tiffany Day. He collaborates with Dogma Studios, works as a director at Top Dawg Entertainment, and is developing Sweet Boy as a feature.