Jerome Yoo

Jerome Yoo is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is most noted for his 2024 feature debut film Mongrels, for which he won the Emerging Canadian Director award at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, and received Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations for Best British Columbia Director and One to Watch at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2024.

Born in South Korea, he emigrated to Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his family in childhood. He developed an interest in film while studying biochemistry at the University of British Columbia. He had various acting roles, and directed a number of short films, prior to making Mongrels. His most noted short film, Idols Never Die (2019), was co-written with actress Andrea Bang.

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