Christine Shin is a bilingual/bicultural Korean filmmaker who writes and directs stories that examine the hidden emotional truth of people’s lives. She is particularly interested in emotional contradiction, the space between what people present to the world and what they actually carry internally. Her films have been distributed to iTunes, aired on PBS, and garnered multiple awards, including the Cine Golden Eagle Award.

Born in a conservative family as a politician's daughter, Christine moved to the US by herself as a teenager to      pursue filmmaking. While studying at USC, she directed a commercial spot, MOVIE DATE, as one of the ten national finalists for the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award Contest. JANIE, her coming-of-age drama about a 9-year-old girl and her little brother, screened at various Academy-qualifying festivals such as LA Shorts Fest, Heartland Film Festival, and Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

With MY FAKE HUSBAND, a feature romantic comedy script about a Korean woman returning home to face her estranged family, Christine was selected to participate in the Korean Film Council's Filmmakers Development Lab and the New Writers Fellowship program by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Fox.  

Christine's next film, ENCOUNTER, is about a woman encountering someone resembling her mother who abandoned her 20 years ago. It garnered Platinum Remi Award from Worldfest Houston and was distributed by Shorts International. TRANSCENDENCE, Christine's fantasy drama pilot script about a 911 call operator, made the semifinalist for the Diverse Voices contest by WeScreenplay.

Her latest project, FORGET ME NOT, is a story about a precocious seven-year-old Korean immigrant girl embarking on a journey to cure her mother's Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease with magic. The script is a category winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest. It also placed among the top 15% in the Academy Nicholl competition and has advanced to the second round of the Sundance Development Track program.

Christine is a Film Independent Fellow, Caucus Foundation Grant recipient, and finalist for the Disney/ABC Directing Program. While teaching feature screenwriting at UCLA Extension, she continues to create films that are unafraid to ask difficult questions and linger after the screen goes dark.

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