John Choi 최성호 Seong-ho

John Choi 최성호 Seong-ho (he/him) is a Canadian Korean filmmaker, producer and director telling stories for over 25 years. John is a critical thinker who believes in the ability for film to impact positive societal change. He is an advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion, and works to advance the careers of new, emerging film directors through mentorship and guidance in helping them to hone their craft. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and his advocacy work includes the Hot Docs/Netflix Accelerator Program as a mentor working with emerging fellows. He was also selected to contribute to the 2022 Creative Producers Accelerator Think Tank (CPATT) responsible for creating a federal report to surface systemic discrimination witnessed in marginalized BIPOC & disabled groups in the film industry. John was also recently guest panel and juror for the 2022 DMZ Industry Docs Film Festival and juror for 2022 Tokyo Docs Documentary Film Festival. John recognizes how privileged he is to be immersed in the global documentary film community and to be able to support new and exciting talent and stories being told all around the world. 

John’s experience in both scripted films, series and documentaries includes The Eleven A&E's six-part factual true crime series and CBC Docs POV Spaceman. His passion project is the feature documentary film Lost & Found, co-produced by NHK Japan, SBS Australia, Shaw Media, and the doc series YouTube Originals K-Pop Evolution. John’s latest work is Netflix Originals three-part docu-series The Raincoat Killer and the new VICE series, which premiered in August 2022, Dark Side of Comedy.