Documentarian / Editor

- TELLING TRUE STORIES 

Originally from South Korea, Jean Rheem is an award-winning documentary film editor & producer whose work has screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, among others. Her recent films include BAD PRESS, which won a Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival and ACCEPTED, which received an Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.

Most recently, she edited LEE SOO MAN: THE KING OF K-POP, a biopic of the visionary behind K-pop and the Korean Wave (dir. Ting Poo, This Machine Filmworks). It will be distributed by MGM Studios in the coming year.

When she’s not editing, she consults and uses her cutting skills in the kitchen, on family & friends’ hair, and a sewing machine. ✂️

Say hello!  JEANRHEEM @ GMAIL.COM

Select Press

An interview with the FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

Rave reviews of ‘Bad Press’ on VARIETY, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER and THE NEW YORK TIMES

More reviews! This time of  ‘Accepted’ on THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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