John Choi

John Seongho Choi 최성호 is a CanadianSouth Korean filmmaker based in Toronto Ontario In 1992 right after graduating in Fine Arts at York University he moved straight to New York City where he worked as a stills photographer assistant He soon shifted gears towards the motion picture film industry and he worked at the ARRI Motion Picture Company NYC equipment rental house He later pursued a film crew freelance career as a camera assistantfocus puller and joined IATSE Local 644 East Coast Camera Union in 1996 As the union merged into Local 600 The International Cinematographers Guild he was hired on films productions in New York City and abroad including Godzilla In Dreams 54 The Bone Collector 28 Days Hurricane The Out Of Towners and O Brother Where Art Thou He moved back to Toronto in 2005 and collaborated on numerous music videos for bands He segued into directing television and factual true crime series In 2006 he founded his own production company Playground Films In 2015 he released his first feature documentary film Lost Found He also directed the feature documentary film Spaceman in 2019