Seung-Eun Kim (
Korean: 김승은) is a Korean-born American artist, director and animator. He is a three-time Emmy nominee, and three-time Annie Award nominee. Kim has worked in animation since 1996.
Highlights of his career include:
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Godzilla animation, story board/clean-up artist, 1997
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Starship Troopers
''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of F ...
'', story board artist, 1998
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Jackie Chan Adventures'', story board artist and director, 1998
* The
Spider-Man
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, director, 2000
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The Batman TV Series, director, 2003–2005, nominated for two Annie Awards and Three-times Emmy for best animated television production
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The Boondocks'', supervising director, 2005–2008.
Kim has also directed/animated the main titles of:
Godzilla cartoon, 1997 and ''
Jackie Chan Adventures'', 1998
Kim's talents extend far beyond animation. He has done award-winning work in sculpture and comic book art, most notably work on the ''
Hellboy: Weird Tales'' comic.
Most recently he worked on the television show
''The Boondocks'', where his directing credits include the following episodes:
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The Story of Gangstalicious
The first season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season one started on November 6, 2005, with "The Garden Party" and ended w ...
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A Huey Freeman Christmas
"A Huey Freeman Christmas" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American animated television series ''The Boondocks''. It was first broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States on December 18, 2005. In the episode, protagonist Huey Fr ...
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Let's Nab Oprah
The first season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season one started on November 6, 2005, with "The Garden Party" and ended w ...
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Wingmen
A wingman (or wingmate) is a pilot or UAV who supports another pilot in a potentially dangerous flying environment. ''Wingman'' was originally the plane flying beside and slightly behind the lead plane in an aircraft formation.
According to th ...
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...Or Die Trying"
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Tom, Sarah and Usher
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 episode, it originally premiered on October ...
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Thank You for Not Snitching"
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Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 episode, it originally premiered on October ...
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The Story of Thugnificent
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks (TV series), The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 ...
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Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 episode, it originally premiered on October ...
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The Story of Gangstalicious 2
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 episode, it originally premiered on October ...
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The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show"
Kim's latest work includes a reimagining of the
Sun Wukong
The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong ( zh, t=孫悟空, s=孙悟空, first=t) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' ( zh, ...
Monkey King story called Battle Earth: Return of the Monkey King!.
References
External links
Official website*
Living people
Korean television directors
1976 births
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