Yoo Lee
Proof of Concept Selection
A MAN WHO TAKES PICTURES OF FLOWERS
A MAN WHO TAKES PICTURES OF FLOWERS is a mixed-media documentary about Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years of his life to capturing Korea’s wildflowers and, in the process, discovering true happiness.
Biography
Yoo Lee is a Korean-American writer, director, and artist based in Los Angeles. She was a fashion designer with her own brand before transitioning to animation and earning her MFA in Animation and Digital Design from USC in 2023, where she graduated with five short films she wrote and directed over four years.
She is a Film Independent Laika Animation Fellow, a Fox Fellow, and was selected for the HBO Max Access Animated Shorts Program. Two of her short films are currently distributed through the New Yorker Screening Room and Max.
Her latest project, a multi-medium documentary titled A MAN WHO TAKES PICTURES OF FLOWERS, was made possible through Proof of Concept, an initiative incubated by Dirty Films, Netflix, and USC Annenberg.