Yeajoon (Joon) Cho is a writer & filmmaker born in Seoul, Korea and raised between Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Idaho. His directorial work has screened at notable festivals globally, including the Cinequest Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Dances with Films, and more, while his written work has received distinctions from the Academy Nicholl, the Black List, the Sundance Cultural Impact Residency and won the 2025 Humanitas Carol Mendelsohn Drama Award. Previously,​ he was 1 of 4 directors selected for ColorCreative's inaugural FindYourPeople Fellowship Program, where his film was executive produced by Issa Rae, and premiered at the 2025 Pan African Film Festival.

 

He is an alumnus of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts Graduate Film & Television Production Program as a recipient of the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Award and the Bridges & Larson Directing Award. Currently, he is a Michener Fellow, posthumously sponsored by Pulitzer Prize winning author James Michener.

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He is based between Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA, where he is in post-production for his feature documentary CARBONDALE, 1999.