EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) / New Media / Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Master of Arts (MA) / Interactive MultiMedia / Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Master of Arts (MA) / Film Making / Dongguk University, Seoul, KOREA
Bachelor of Arts (BA) / History / Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA

WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Film and Television Arts, Department of Theater, Film and Creative Writing / Boise State University. 2021-present
Associate Professor of Media Production, Department of Communication / Boise State University. 2016-2021
Assistant Professor of Media Production, Department of Communication / Boise State University. 2010-2016
Assistant Professor of Media Production, Department of Theater & Mass-Comm / Southern Arkansas University. 2007-2010
Founder/Director. BoVi (Boise Student International Video Festival) 2010-present
Founder/Programmer. Barefoot Video Showcase Director/Programmer. Department of Communication / Boise State University. 2010-2011
Founder/Director. Magnolia Student Video Festival (MSVF) / Arkansas. 2008-2009
Digital Image Consultant, “Annotated Landscapes” by Joel Feldman. Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon / Illinois. 2005
Video Producer and Digital Image Specialist. Graduate Assistant, Morris Library / Southern Illinois University. 2001 – 2007
Videographer. School of Art and Design / Southern Illinois University. 2001 – 2005
Chief Editor. Monthly Movie magazine “Cinema Forever” / Seoul, Korea. 1997 – 1998

GRANT AND AWARDS
Faculty Sabbatical Leave, Boise State University, Fall 2025
IFC (Idaho Film Collection) Grant of $1500 for Boise International Short Film Festival 2024
Faculty Sabbatical Leave, Boise State University, Fall 2017
Faculty Research Grant of $5,940 from the College of Social Science and Public Affairs,
Boise State University, 2011 – 2012
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant of $5,000 from the Governor of State of Arkansas, 2009
– Only 3 film/video Artists were selected in the entire State of Arkansas
Faculty Research Grant of $2,980 from Southern Arkansas University, 2009
Magnolia Student Video Festival Grant of $1,975 from Columbia County, Arkansas, 2009
Magnolia Student Video Festival Grant of $300 from the Dean of College of Liberal and Performing Art, Southern Arkansas University, 2009
Graduate Assistant, Library Affair, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2001 – 2007
Best Film Award (My Son’s Deep Sleep), Little Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale
Illinois, 2001
Dean’s List of the College of Mass-Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2000

CREATIVE WORKS
RECENT FILMS
Days After (HD, Narrative Short, Color). Director, Editor and Leading Actor. 2024
Official Selection(s)
Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Washington
Denver Monthly Film Awards, USA.
Asian Independent Film Festival, India
Sihyeon’s summer day (4K, Narrative Shrot, Color). Producer.  2024
Official Selection(s)
Calgary International Film Festival (Oscar/Canadian Screen Award Qualifier)
sometimes, i wish i was a fish (4K, Narrative Short). Producer. 2023
Official Selection(s)
KAFFNY (Korean American Film Festival New York). 2025
The Micheaux Film Festival, Los Angeles. 2025
CHEOL / 철 (4K, Narrative Short). Executive Producer. 2023
Official Selection(s)
Cinequest Film Festival (Oscar, BAFTA, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)
Dances with Films:NY, DisOrient Film Festival
Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival
Memoir of a Lonely Cloud (4K, Narrative Short). Executive Producer. 2022
Official Selection(s)
LA Shorts International Film Festival (Oscar, BAFTA, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)
Kansas City Underground Film Festival
Post-Mortem (HD, Narrative Short). Producer. 2021
Official Selection(s)
Standalone Film Festival
Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival (Finalist)
Lake Short Film Festival (Quarterfinalist)
Placebo (HD, Narrative Short). Leading Actor, Producer. 2020
Curated by CineAsian Films
Our Soles (HD, Stop Motion Animation). Director, Cinematographer and Editor. 2018
Official Selection(s)
Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (Best Picture Nominee)

OTHER WORKS
KACA (The Korean American Communication Association) 40 years anniversary promotion video (HD, Color, 2:41), 2015
Fur Elise (HD, Stop Motion Video, Color, 3:16)
– Nominated for the Grand Prix Award in International Competition category at The 10th International Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art LINOLEUM. Fall 2015, Kiev/Ukraine
: More than 120 entries from 30 countries all over the world. 50 nominees will compete for the main prize
– Screened at 16th Annual Bare Bones International Independent Film, Arts & Music Festival, Oklahoma, 2015
: Named one of the “25 Festivals worth the entry fee” by Moviemaker Magazine and named one of the “20 best festivals for new and emerging filmmakers.” PBS included Bare Bones as one of the top 20 documentary festivals.
– Screened at NewFilmmakers NY Winter Fest, Anthology Film Archives. New York City, 2015
: Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema. The NewFilmmakers series, which selects films and videos often overlooked by traditional film festivals, began in 1998 and over the past twelve years has screened over 600 features and 2,000 short films. Many well-known films have had their initial screenings at NewFilmmakers.
– Screened at Schwa Show, a national juried art exhibition. The Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge. North Carolina, 2015 (Juror: Tara Locklear)
: The Schwa Show is a national juried competition recognizing excellence in fine arts and crafts.
Emily’s Pizza (4K Video, Narrative, Color, 8:30)
– Finalists in Narrative Category in Idaho Media Awards. Idaho, 2015
: The Idaho Media Awards is a Film Competition and Evening Awards event intended to promote the creativity, talent and vision of Idaho’s media artists. In this new era where the lines between film and video, amateur and professional, have been become blurred, the quality of the work being produced has become sharper, more ambitious and more creative. By fostering a stronger community of talented and skilled individuals and creative teams, we hope to recognize the potential of the film/video/photographic industries in this state.
– Screened at 5th Annual Hyart Film Festival. Wyoming, 2014
– Screened at 4th Annual Green Bay Film Festival. Wisconsin, 2014
: Film Green Bay, a 501(c)(3) corporation, was founded in 2010 by a group of community leaders responding to the growing interest in the art of film in Northeast Wisconsin. The mission of Film Green Bay is to provide a rich cultural and educational experience for our community and visitors while promoting Green Bay as a hub for filmmaking and film appreciation.
– Screened at 7th Annual Trinity International Film Festival. Michigan, 2013
: The TI Film Festival has hosted industry professionals locally and nationally to share their knowledge and expertise in various workshops and industry discussions. Special guests have included famed Actress and Producer, Tangi Miller, Syndicated Radio Host and Film Producer, Russ Parr, and Former BET Executive Producer, Ralph Scott, currently with the Aspire Network (Owned by Magic Johnson), Producer Tim Greene, Film Segment Producer/Head of Production for more than 100 episodes of SNL, Tanya Ryno and Writer, Director, Qasim Basir.
– Screened at Inaugural Outside the Box Bakersfield Film Festival. Bakersfield, California, 2013
: The inaugural Outside the Box Bakersfield Film Festival (OTBBFF) was presented by Tejon Ranch. 44 competitive films have been chosen as Official Selections for Bakersfield’s first-ever, full-scale film festival.
BAM (Boise Art Museum) Promotional Video (High Definition Video, Color, 2 minutes)
– Annual Gala Show, Boise Art Museum, 2014
Life in Woman (NTSC, Video Art, color, 3:19)
– Screened at Ozark Foothills Filmfest. Arkansas, 2010
Life (NTSC Video, Time-lapse Video art, Color, 1:24)
– Screened at Ozark Foothills Filmfest. Arkansas, 2010
: Ozark Foothills FilmFest, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization dedicated to excellence and accessibility in the media arts. They present the annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest each spring and the Tauri Movie Camp Youth Summer Residency Program each July and have been actively involved in advancing film culture in Arkansas for over a decade.
– Screened at Magnolia Student Video Festival (Invitation). Arkansas, 2008
– Screened at Streaming Festival (International Art Event). Hague, Netherlands, 2007
: The Streaming Festival is an art event for independent artists exhibiting unconventional audio visual art from all over the world.
– Screened at Athens Video Art Festival (International Festival of Digital Arts and New Media). Athens, Greece, 2007
: More than 1200 artists both from Greece and abroad submitted their artworks, and more than 11000 visitors honored it with their presence.
– Screened at NewFilmmakers Series (International Screening Series). New York City, USA, 2007
– Screened at Pause and Play International Film Festival. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007
– Screened at WILDsound Feedback Film Festival. Toronto, Canada, 2007
: WILDsound was founded in 2007. It’s a monthly feedback film and screenplay festival and also a popular online website. It showcases the best of new online videos.
– Screened at MicroCineFest (Underground Film Festival). Baltimore, 2006
– Screened at Sixty Seconds Video Festival. Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2006
My Son’s Deep Sleep (NTSC Video, Narrative, Color, 7:16)
– Award Winner: Best Film in Little Muddy Film Festival.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2001
All In (IMMP: Interactive Multi-Media Graduate Program, Master Thesis Project) Interactive Narrative Movie on DVD. 2004.
Committee: Jay Needham, Howard Carter and “Ted” Jinseup Shin
Being Human (Filmmaking Master Thesis Project) Narrative, 16mm, Color, 22 minutes. 1999. Advisor: Min Byung-rok

SOLO EXHIBITION
ABST-RED by Daehwan Cho, Oct. 11-Nov. 4 2012
Student Union Building Fine Art Gallery. Boise State University, Idaho
Juried by Art Advisory Board of SUB in Boise State University
21 Large Scale Digital Graphic/Photography Works on Canvas and a Video Installation work.

Digi 夢 (Digital Dream) by Daehwan Cho, Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010
Brinson Fine Art Gallery, Southern Arkansas University, Arkansas
Juried by Department of Art in Southern Arkansas University.
20 Large Scale Framed Digital Graphic/Photography Works

TIMELESS, MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition. Vergette Gallery, 2006
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
Presentation of Video Arts, Video Installations and 2D Graphics.
Committee: Ed Shay, Chris Wildrick and Cheonae Kim

The Tree of Life, Large Scale Public Video Installation by Daehwan Cho, 2005
Carbondale, Illinois
Video Sculpture made by 22 TV monitors hanging in a tree

GROUP EXHIBITION
Digital Arts: Printmaking, Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, 2013
: The show was juried by Jim Jeffers, an intermedia artist and designer working with computer mediation, web-art, performance, photography and video in conjunction with conventional media.

Process, Performance, and Projection IV, Surplus gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, 2006

What Are We Doing Here? Surplus gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, 2005

Space Invaders, Surplus gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, 2005

Skopeoholic, Surplus gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, 2004

Sight & Sound, Lesar Law Building, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois, 2001

ONLINE PUBLICATION
Moving Still: The Multiple eXposure Project Zine 2.0, 2015
The Multiple eXposure Project is a multimedia, multi/trans/inter-disciplinary artistic practice and research-based initiative that explores the many layers of image-making, participatory photography, visual ethnography, and performative encounter(s) between the image and the spectator; the subject and the viewer.
http://issuu.com/themultipleexposureproject/docs/moving_still_-_the_multiple_exposur

Stigmart VideoFocus Special Edition, 2015
http://issuu.com/stigmart10press/docs/stigmart_videofocus_special_edition_e674518f8fafe0/108

OLD WORKS
Happy Meal Narrative Video. HD. 2014
Life in Candle II (Installation) for solo exhibition, SUB gallery 2012
BSU LipDub Video, Music Video. HD. 2011
Digital Experimental Video, HD. 2007
Life in Women Digital Video. 2006
Mirror Video Art. 2006
Life in Candle Video Installation. 2006
Untitled Video Sculpture. 2005
Life in Cage Interactive Video Installation. 2005
Pornography Digital Video. 2004
The History of SIUC. Educational CD-ROM. 2003
You Should’ve Come Over Music Video. 2002
People Experimental, Documentary. 2002
Dance and Ligh, Digital Video. 2002
Sight & Sound Interactive CD-ROM. 2002
Evolution Video Installation, 2005
The History of SIUC Educational CD-ROM, 2003
Sight & Sound Interactive CD-ROM, 2002

MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
“100 Korean Directors” Cinema Forever, Sep. 1997. Seoul, Korea
“Imaginative Interview with Charles Chaplin” Cinema Forever, Oct. 1997. Seoul, Korea
“Imaginative Interview with James Dean” Cinema Forever, Nov. 1997. Seoul, Korea

PRESENTATION / WORKSHOP
Video Workshop for the 9th graders in Les Bois Jr. High School / Boise, ID. 2013
Guest Speaker, Idaho Media Professionals / Boise, ID. 2013
Guest Filmmaker, Ozark Foothills Film Festival / Arkansas. 2010
Video Workshop for Magnolia High School / Arkansas. 2009
Guest Speaker, School of Communication & the Arts / Marist College, NY. 2007
Guest Speaker, Department of Mass Communication / Campbell University, NC. 2007
Guest Speaker, Humanities Department / SUNY Canton, NY. 2007
Guest Speaker, Visual Art Department / South Dakota State University. Brookings, SD. 2006
Guest Speaker, School of Fine Arts / University of Minnesota Duluth, MN. 2006

SERVICE
COMMUNITY
President of Idaho Korean Association, 2024 – present
Founder of We-Woori (Idaho Korean Youth Community Service Association), 2024
Media Arts Instructor for Idaho Korean School, 2017 – 2024
Public Arts Selection Panel for Boise City Department of Arts and History, 2019 – 2022
Search Committee for the POST Television Specialist of Idaho State Police Headquarters, 2015
Founder and Festival Director of BoVi (Boise Student International Video Festival), 2012 – 2016, 2019
Director of BAM (Boise Art Museum) Video: Gala Promotional Video, 2014
Adviser of F-4 Youth Digital Film Club in Boise, 2014 – 2015
Video Workshop for the 9th graders in Les Bois Jr. High School (Teacher: Lori Ewing), 2013
Director/Programmer of Barefoot Video Showcase in the Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2011-2012
Producer of the Promotion Video for Boise Water Shed, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Boys and Girls Club of ADA County, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Fresh Air Advocate Campaign at BSU, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Friends in Action in Boise State University, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Fit and Fall Proof Program Central District Health Dept. in Idaho, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Idaho RADAR Center, 2011
Producer of the Promotion Video for Salvation Army in Boise, 2011
Video Workshop for Magnolia High School, Arkansas, 2009
Founder/Director of Magnolia Student Video Festival (MSVF), Arkansas, 2008 – 2009
Columbia County Chamber of commerce promotional video project. Arkansas, 2008
Fall choral Concert video project: Music Department. Southern Arkansas University, 2008
Columbia County Parade video project. Arkansas, 2008
The Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA) Video project, El Dorado, Arkansas, 2008

UNIVERSITY
Foundation Scholar Awards (Research) Committee. Boise State University, 2011 – 2012
Committee of Technology Services, Southern Arkansas University, 2009 – 2010
Committee of Student Media, Southern Arkansas University, 2009- 2010

COLLEGE
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2019 – Present
Honor and Awards Committee, 2016 – 2017
Top 10 Scholar Committee, 2016 – 2017
SSPA OIT committee representative. Boise State University, 2012 – 2015
Outstanding Student Committee, College of Liberal and Performing Art,
Southern Arkansas University, 2008
Committee of David Sixbey Endowment for Study Abroad, College of Liberal and Performing Art, Southern Arkansas University, 2008

DEPARTMENT
Spring Commencement Faculty, Department of Theater, Film  and Creative Writing, Boise State University, 2024
Tenure Track Film Production Position Search Committee Chair. The Department of Theater, Film  and Creative Writing, 2023
Film and Television Arts Curriculum committee 2020 to Present
Student Film Club Adviser: Cinema Club at Boise State University 2022 to Present
Tenure Track Film Production Search Committee Chair. The Department of Theater, Film  and Creative Writing, 2022
Dramatic Writing Clinical Professor Search committee. The Department of Theater, Film  and Creative Writing, 2022
Film Production Visiting Assistant Professor Search committee. 2022 ∙ Digital Media Certificate Coordinator 2018 – 2021. Department of Media ∙ Scholarship Committee, 2017-2018
Media Arts Curriculum Committee, 2016-2021
Responsible for instructional equipment planning and purchasing for the media production  area
Space Planning for the main media lab, a student lounge lab and an audio lab for the media  production area
Search committee for Assistant Professor of Media Production
Spring Commencement Faculty, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2015
Administration Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2014 – 2015
Department Pub Team, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2014 – 2015
Director, Cinema & Digital Media Studies, 2013 – 2014
Administration Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2013 – 2014
Curriculum Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2012 – 2013
Ad Hoc Space Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2012 – 2013
Curriculum Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State, 2011 – 2012
Administration Committee, Department of Communication, Boise State University, 2010 – 2011
Director, Digital Media Production, Department of Theatre & Mass-Communication
Southern Arkansas University, 2007 – 2010
Search committee for Assistant Professor of Mass Media, Department of Theatre & Mass-Communication, Southern Arkansas University, 2009
Director/Programmer, Digital Media Production Student Exhibition: Digital media exhibition, Grand Hall, Southern Arkansas University, Dec. 2008

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
VIDEO/AUDIO: Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Cinema Tools, Compressor, Color, Sony Vegas, Avid, Apple Garage Band
MULTIMEDIA: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, DVD studio Pro, Sony Vegas Pro
PRODUCTION: Video Camera of SD (Standard Definition), HD (High Definition) and 4K (Ultra High Definition): RED, Cannon, Panasonic, Sony, Black Magic and GoPro, 16 mm Film Camera (Arri, Bolex and Canon), Professional Lighting Kit and Sound Mixer/Recorder

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
BEA (Broadcast Education Association)
New Media Caucus
Los Angles Final Cut Pro User Group
Korean Mac User Group