YEON JIN LEE

yj@yeonjinlee.com | (714) 733-3285

EXPERIENCE

SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTIONS, Associate Producer (2/18/25 - Present)

• For the upcoming feature, BEDFORD PARK, produced by Gary Foster (Krasnoff Foster),  Chris S Lee (B&C Content), and Nina Yang Bongiovi (Significant).

KILLER FILMS, Translator (February 2025)

• English to Korean translation of feature length screenplay, GREAT FUGUE by Eugene Lee Yang.

GOLD HOUSE, Producers Accelerator Fellow (12/2024 - 1/2025)

• Shadowed producer Nina Yang Bongiovi on an upcoming feature film, LUCKY LU.

CBS, Showrunner’s Assistant (4/2024 - 12/2024)

• Assisted Craig Sweeny on medical procedural, “Watson”, and film, STAR TREK: SECTION 31.

WGA WRITERS ACCESS SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM, Trainee (8/2023 – 11/2023)

• Received extensive training to be a great writers assistant / script supervisor / showrunner’s asst.

USC PETER STARK PRODUCING PROGRAM, Program Assistant (11/2021–8/2023)

• Assistant to Academy-Award Winning Producer, Edward Saxon.

• Read and gave notes on scripts and series format, performed research for projects in development. 

USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS, Teaching Assistant (1/2020 - 5/2020)

• Teaching Assistant to Emmy-Award Winning Director, Barnet Kellman.

PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, Technical Director Intern (5/2011-11/2011)

PROJECTS

SILICON VALLEY GIRL, Feature film screenplay, Writer

• The Black List Lab & Almanack Screenwriters select. Mentored by Adele Lim (JOYRIDE), Phil Hay (DESTROYER), Guinevere Turner (AMERICAN PSYCHO), Natalie Difford, So Yong Kim (LOVESONG).

JACK & LOU: A GANGSTER LOVE STORY, Feature film starring Linda Hamilton, Writer	2024

• Arthouse release in Feb 2024.

JACK & LOU: A GANGSTER LOVE STORY, Podcast series starring Lisa Kudrow, Writer-Producer	2021

• Wrote the feature script, supervised adaptation of the feature script to an audio drama series.

• Led team of 12 directors, 15 cast, 20 crew members to produce six episodes with 23 original songs.

HONORS

ALMANACK SCREENWRITERS OCTOBER COLONY, Fellow (2023)

HUMANITAS NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP, Semi-finalist (2023)

THE BLACK LIST FEATURE LAB, Participant (2022)

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, DGA Student Film Jury Award (2021)

USC ANNENBERG FELLOWSHIP, Selected for Excellence in Producing (2019)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

NASA, Intelligent Robotics Lab, Software Engineer (2012–2017)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MFA in Film & TV Production	Dec. 2020

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, MS in Software Engineering	Aug. 2015

UC BERKELEY, BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science	May 2012

SKILLS

Fluent in Korean and English. Full-stack web development. Computer graphics (C++, Python).