Gerry Kim runs the Los Angeles based production company, PPW Films, which is committed to diverse and issue-based storytelling.
He has produced many award-winning films, including Iris Shim’s THE HOUSE OF SUH (2010 Hot Docs Premiere), Jennifer Kroot’s TO BE TAKEI (2014 Sundance Premiere), Esra Saydam and Nisan Dag’s ACROSS THE SEA (Audience Award at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival), and THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN (Audience Award at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival). His most recent film, Fernando Frias de la Parra’s I’M NO LONGER HERE, was released worldwide as a Netflix Original in 2020 and won 10 Mexican Ariel Awards, including Best Picture. It was also nominated for the 2021 Goya Awards for Best Iberoamerican Film, longlisted for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2021 BAFTAs, and shortlisted for Best International Film at the 2021 Academy Awards.
Gerry recently received the Producers Award as part of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards and was selected as a Creative Producing Fellow at the Sundance Institute in 2014. An alum of Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program, Gerry has also written and produced several short films, including FAIRLAWN, which screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, !f Istanbul Film Festival & San Diego Latino Film Festival, among others. He wrote, directed and produced the DGA award-winning short, LIVING THE DREAM, which screened at the Denver International Film Festival and the Boston International Film Festival.