Albert Shin

Albert Shin
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 2000s–present
Known for In Her Place

Albert Shin is a Canadian screenwriter, director and producer, best known for his multiple Canadian Screen Award-nominated film In Her Place (2014).

Early life

Born in Canada[1] and raised in Newmarket, Ontario,[2] Shin studied film at York University.[2]

Career

His first film, Point Traverse, was released in 2009,[3] and In Her Place followed in 2014.[2] For his work on In Her Place, Shin won the Scotiabank Jay Scott Prize ($5,000 awarded to an emerging artist) at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014,[4] and garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including nominations for Shin in the categories of Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.[5]

He has also directed the short film Kai's Place, and the short-run television series In Counseling. He is also a producer, most recently working on Connor Jessup's new short film Lira's Forest,[6] which received funding from the Harold Greenberg Fund's Shorts to Features program.[7]

TimeLapse Pictures

Shin is a partner with Igor Drljaca in the production company TimeLapse Pictures.[8]

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