Seoul-born Hanul Bahm is a writer and filmmaker working at the intersection of external realities and inner truths. She has directed numerous shorts, including narrative fiction and documentaries. Her directed shorts include "The Dust of Summer" and "Jahyu aka Freedom."
She has worked on feature docs by filmmakers from the LA Rebellion ("The Power to Heal" by Charles Burnett; "And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead" by Billy Woodberry) and other independent docs ("In that Order: The Story of Aaron Wright"). She has filmed in Iran, South Korea, the Mississippi Delta, Atlanta, Southside Chicago, New York, San Francisco and throughout Southern California.
Hanul received her MFA in Film/Video from CalArts and her BA in Photography, Graphic Design and Journalism from Rutgers University. She is an alum of POV Digital Labs and the New Orleans Film Society's Southern Producers Lab.
Hanul is working on her first fiction feature, "Drift and Return."