Shawn Ku is a U.S. choreographer and motion picture director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

. He has also dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

d on Broadway, and acted in an independent

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 feature-length film. Inspired by his family's personal connection to the Virginia Tech shooting and unexpected death of a visiting friend, Shawn Ku developed his 2010 film "Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy (film)

-Plot:Bill and Kate are a married couple who are tightly wound and devoted to their work -- Bill is a businessman, Kate proofreads books...

" from those experiences.

Personal life

Ku went to Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 as a premedical major and was accepted to Columbia

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 medical school

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...

, before beginning his entertainment career.

Credits

• Samsara
  Samsara (2001 film)
  Samsara is a 2001 independent Indian/Italian/French/German film which tells the story of a Buddhist monk's quest to find Enlightenment. The film stars Shawn Ku as the monk Tashi, and Christy Chung as Pema...
  
  (2001) - actor
• Making Tracks
  Making tracks
  Making Tracks is an Asian American musical theater production by Second Generation, with music by Woody Pak, lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and concept and book by Welly Yang.Making Tracks tells the story of the rich and diverse history of Asians in America...
  
  (2002) - choreographer
• Pretty Dead Girl (2004) - writer, director
• The American Mall
  The American Mall
  The American Mall is an 2008 MTV musical film that debuted on August 11, 2008. The movie was received with very low ratings, averaging 436,000 viewers.-Overview:...
  
  (2008) - choreographer, director
• Beautiful Boy
  Beautiful Boy (film)
  -Plot:Bill and Kate are a married couple who are tightly wound and devoted to their work -- Bill is a businessman, Kate proofreads books...
  
  (2010) - writer, director

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