Background

After growing up in Korea, Shin relocated in her adolescence to the United States. Already aware that she wanted to be involved in film, Shin attended University of Wisconsin and USC School of Cinema-Television

USC School of Cinematic Arts

The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television , is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest and largest such school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of...

, receiving respectively a
a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in Communication Arts and English Literature and an MFA

Master of Fine Arts

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 in film production.

Filmography

• Journey is a 2004
  2004 in film
  The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
  
   short film, written and directed by Christine Shin. It was first released in the United States on December 10, 2004 as a part of the Hollywood DV Festival where it received the 'Best Actress Award'.

• Janie
  Janie (2006 film)
  Janie is a short film, written and directed by Christine Shin. Janie was selected as the 2005 Charles and Lucille King Finishing Fund.Janie, a 9-year-old girl, has a perfect life as an only daughter in a loving family...
  
  is a 2006
  2006 in film
  - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
  
   short film, written, directed, and produced by Christine Shin, which was selected at the 2005 Charles and Lucille East Lansing Children's Film Festival, which is an offshoot of the East Lansing Film Festival
  East Lansing Film Festival
  The East Lansing Film Festival is one of the large film festival in the state of Michigan. It screens over 100 films in five days, including several shorts programs. It is held yearly, usually in late March...
  
  .

• My Fake Husband is a romantic comedy
  Romantic comedy film
  Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
  
   film
  Feature film
  In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
  
  , written and to be directed by Christine Shin. It received the 2008 fellowship from Filmmakers Development Lab by Korean Film Council and was selected as a runner-up for 2008 New Writers Award by Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment
  Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment
  The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization, founded in 1991, to promote Asian Pacific Americans in the media arts and entertainment. It is the longest-running, largest, and most influential meeting place for APAs in the entertainment industry...
  
   and FOX
  Fox Entertainment Group
  The Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties...
  
  .

Additional films

• Searching for Angels (2006) (producer)
• Movie Date (2006) (writer/director)

Recognition

In 2005, Shin was honored by Film Independent (IFP/LA) as part of its Project Involve. She was also one of the finalists for 2007–2008 Disney/ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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/DGA

DGA

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 Directing Fellowship. Her feature film

Feature film

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 project My Fake Husband, was selected as one of the fellows for the 2008 Filmmakers' Development Lab by Korean Film Council. The same script was also chosen as one of the finalists for 2008 New Writers Awards by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment

The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization, founded in 1991, to promote Asian Pacific Americans in the media arts and entertainment. It is the longest-running, largest, and most influential meeting place for APAs in the entertainment industry...

) and Fox.

Her graduate thesis film Janie

Janie (2006 film)

Janie is a short film, written and directed by Christine Shin. Janie was selected as the 2005 Charles and Lucille King Finishing Fund.Janie, a 9-year-old girl, has a perfect life as an only daughter in a loving family...

(2006), which received the Cine Golden Eagle

CINE

CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions....

 Award, an Audience Award for 'Best Short Film' at Dances With Films Film Festival, and a Gold Remi at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, had its television premiere on KCET

KCET

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 (then a PBS affiliate) as a part of 2006 Fine Cut Series.

External links

• Christine Shin at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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