Joseph Juhn

Joseph is an awardwinning lawyerturnedfilmmaker with a passion for diasporic narrative His first feature documentary JERONIMO which is about a Korean Cuban revolutionary drew over 20000 audiences when it opened in theaters in Korea Moreover the film was selected at 17 film festivals around the world winning several awards on the way Prior to working on JERONIMO fulltime Joseph was an inhouse counsel at the Manhattanbased South Korean government agency KOTRA for 4 years where he advised Korean companies and entrepreneurs on US intellectual property and startup law Here his job revolved primarily around soft IP law assisting companies draft business strategies around their IP assets while implementing mechanisms to avoid potential IP disputes with US counterparts Passionate about causes pertinent to the Korean American community Joseph also served on the steering committee of KSE Korean Startups Entrepreneurs a nonprofit with an aim to empower entrepreneurs of Korean descent in the US Joseph is currently in postproduction of his new documentary CHOSEN which follows 5 Korean Americans running for US Congress in November 2020 It explores their role for both US and Korea