Claire Choi

(she/her)

Film Editor

Queens, NY US

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I am a non-fiction filmmaker and spoken-word poet. I specialize in editing and directing with an interest in cinematography and producing.

About

Claire Choi (she/her) is a mixed media non-fiction filmmaker and spoken-word poet based in Queens, New York. She has self-produced several short films with one of them, victoria, picked as an official selection for the Twilight Showcase and Art Fest 2022. In 2019, her original recited poem, Grandma, won first place at the KoreanAmericanStory NYC ROAR Story Slam. Her films and poems explore themes of diaspora, grief, generational trauma, family histories, and relationality. She has worked with the likes of Sixty First Productions, Salpuri US, Aint I a Woman Campaign, GOOD DOCS, and the Asian American Arts Alliance as a production assistant, marketing intern, video editor, and project facilitator. Chois passion for exhuming true and personal stories lie at the intersection of documentary film and poetry. Through pursuing documentary filmmaking, she strives to keep learning how to build support as a community through storytelling, understanding that collective care is the only way forward.

Featured Work

victoria

A video journal log in memory of a friend.

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Eat Your Vegetables

A family analysis with questions that linger of particular relationships.

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WARV Film: Kang Treatment

a WARV (Women Against Racist Violence) Film: Kang tells her story as a NYC home care attendant subjected to work 24-hour shifts for 13 hour pay and stresses the importance of policy change to reclaim one's health, life, and dignity.

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