BTS: the Return
LEAD EDITOR
BTS gathers in LA to record their album “Arirang” in this documentary offering unprecedented access to the band as they enter a new era.
📀 Netflix Original
Dir. Bao Nguyen
Produced by This Machine Filmworks
School for Defectors
EDITOR
In an industrial corner of Busan, South Korea, stands the tiny Jangdaehyun School. It is home to 20 students, all of whom are North Korea defectors. With unprecedented access to a community never seen on film, SCHOOL FOR DEFECTORS gives voice to young people whom the world might otherwise overlook—illuminating not just what they’ve endured, but who they are about to become.
⭐️ World Premiere at the TRUE/FALSE Film Festival
Dir. Jeremy Workman
Lee Soo Man: the King of K-Pop
EDITOR
He put a whole country on the map.
📀 Original Documentary for Prime Video
Dir. Ting Poo
Produced by This Machine Filmworks
Bad Press
EDITOR / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / ADDITIONAL CAMERA
When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.
🏆 Special Jury Award @ SUNDANCE FILM FESITVAL
🏆 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD NOMINATION
📀 Streaming on CRITERION COLLECTION
Dir. Joe Peeler & Rebecca Landberry-Baker
NYT Critics’ Pick
“Jean Rheem’s editing balances characterful detail and humor with considerable narrative propulsion. Like the political skullduggery it depicts, “Bad Press” tells a tale we’d love never to see played out again— yet watching it is undeniably entertaining.”
- VARIETY
“AN ODE TO THE JOYS OF LOCAL REPORTING, A PORTRAIT OF A PLACE WITH ITS SHARE OF ECCENTRICS AND HEELS.”
- THE NEW YORKER
“…AN ABSORBING, EYE-OPENING LOOK AT THE FIGHT FOR A FREE AND OPEN PRESS IN THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION…”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES