Gary Byungseok Kam is the first ever Korean documentary producer nominated for an Academy Award. He is committed to crafting compelling stories and supporting independent documentary makers. His films in release include PLANET OF SNAIL (2011, director Seung-jun YI), the first Asian documentary that won Best Feature-Length Documentary at IDFA, the OSCAR®- nominated IN THE ABSENCE (2018), SHADOW FLOWERS (2019) and CROSSING BEYOND, the official Olympic film for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.He has served as a mentor at the Docedge Kolkata, the DMZ Int’l Documentary Festival, Docs By the Sea, MyDocs, EBS Int’l Doc Fest and as a juror/selection committee at the Whickers Foundation, IDFA Forum and IDA. Gary is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
