Award-winning filmmaker and graphic designer, King Yaw Soon was born in Tawau, Malaysia. His creative journey began in 2011 when he won the Malaysia Top 10 Young Artists Awards.

 

After majoring in digital animation for three years, he decided to pursue film in the United States of America. Graduated summa cum laude from San Francisco State University with a BA in Cinema in 2018, King has produced works that are recognized at both national and international levels.

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His first documentary "Something Carved And Real" won the National Best Picture at Campus MovieFest 2016-2017 Season as well as an opportunity to represent the organization in the Campus MovieFest showcase at the Cannes Court Métrage 2017.

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His undergraduate thesis film "My Mother, Myself & I" premiered at CINEQUEST, CAAMFest, and won the Best Student Film at the 2019 San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival. It was later acquired by PBS KQED Film School Shorts for public broadcast.

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His latest animated documentary "Yello" had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021, under the CG Animation category. It was later selected for the national tour in Japan with the same organizer.

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His upcoming film titled "When I See the Wind" is a highly-anticipated collaboration with Andrés Gallegos, an ASC-nominated cinematographer whose work has been shown at Cannes, Mill Valley, and Raindance.

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He currently resides in San Francisco and works as a video editor at Electronic Arts. His commercial work includes The Sims 4, FIFA, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.