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Shawn Ku

Film Director / Screenwriter | New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Shawn Ku is a U.S. choreographer and motion picture director. He has also danced on Broadway, and acted in an independent feature-length film. Inspired by his family's personal connection to the Virginia Tech shooting and unexpected death of a visiting friend, Shawn Ku developed his 2010 film Beautiful Boy from those experiences. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

Known for these Movies & Shows

A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha. ...

Samsara

Certification unknown

2001 | 3.7/5 | 2h 18min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition. ...

Feel the Beat

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2020 | 3.8/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Music, Drama
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A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life. ...

Beautiful Boy

R

2010 | 3.1/5 | 1h 41min
Drama
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In this twisted musical comedy, Mortie falls in love with the corpses who come through his morgue until a vulnerable nurse teaches him to love a woman who is alive. ...

Pretty Dead Girl

Certification unknown

2004 | 25min
Comedy, Music
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Movies with Shawn Ku as Actor(1)

as Tashi2001 Samsara

Movies with Shawn Ku as Crew(8)

Writing/Writer2020 Feel the Beat
Directing/Director2019 A Score to Settle
Directing/Director2015 Seeds of Yesterday
Directing/Director2010 Beautiful Boy
Writing/Screenplay2010 Beautiful Boy
Directing/Director2008 The American Mall
Directing/Director2004 Pretty Dead Girl
Writing/Writer2004 Pretty Dead Girl

TV Shows/Series with Shawn Ku as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2014 Sequestered

Full Name: Shawn Ku
Born in: New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Educated at: Harvard University
Shawn Ku frequently works together with these people:
Chad Galster (3x, Crew)
Nicolas Cage (2x, Actor)
Kevin Tancharoen (2x, Crew)
P.J. Hogan (2x, Crew)
Michael Armbruster (2x, Crew)
Eric Gozlan (2x, Crew)
Jampa Kalsang Tamang (2x, Actor)
Pan Nalin (2x, Crew)
Jeff Myers (2x, Crew)
Al Sapienza (1x, Actor)
Darren Stein (1x, Crew)
Tim Baker (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:193445, Added: 07/17/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024