Jesa

Directed by Jee Hoon (Fred) Seo

Length: 15:00
Producers: Kailynne Lee Chiu & Anna Pettersson
Editor: Janet Yug
Cinematographer: Sean Chow
Sound Mixer: Lori Eng

When a young boy takes part in a Jesa, a traditional Korean family ancestral rite, he discovers what kind of sacrifices his mother makes to maintain a harmonious family.

Undergraduate Flm & TV

jhs664@nyu.edu

Jee Hoon (Fred) Seo is a Korean writer/director at NYU Tisch School of the Arts (Class of 2024). He is pursuing a BFA in Film Production and a minor in Business Entertainment Media & Technology. Born in Seoul, South Korea he moved to Boston at the age of 7, attending prep schools around New England before returning to Korea in 2018 to fulfill his military service.

His debut short film 20s.30s. is about a long distance relationship between a Korean couple that premiered at the Micheaux Film Festival’23 in LA. For his next project he is developing a TV pilot about a Korean soccer playboy at NYU called FCBA (Football Club Big Apple).