Will Kim was born and raised in LA, California and he also spent his childhood in Seoul, Korea where he was introduced to painting and drawing. Will grew up with a passion and dream of being a painter. Kim is a full-time Assistant Professor of Art at Riverside City College (Riverside Community College District) and a Los Angeles based filmmaker/artist. Will Kim received an MFA in Animation (Film, TV, and Digital Media) from UCLA and a BFA in Character Animation (Film and Video) from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts.) In recent years, he also taught at CalArts, Community Arts Partnership and Sitka Fine Arts Camp as an animation instructor. Kim has received awards including Chuck Jones Award in Animation 2009 and UCLA Spotlight Awards. Kim’s work has showed in over 100 international film/animation festivals and auditoriums including Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater, Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Theater in Hollywood, The Getty Center, The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, and Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego.