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Justin Jitae Chon (born May 29, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (2017), Ms. Purple (2019), and Blue Bayou (2021). He is also known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series.
- Actor, director, writer, YouTuber
- University of Southern California
- 2005–present
- Justin Jitae Chon, May 29, 1981 (age 42), Garden Grove, California, U.S.
Justin Chon is a writer, director, and actor known for his '90s LA Riots drama Gook (2017), which won the NEXT category of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win him the Independent Spirit award for "someone to watch" in 2018. He followed up with a contemporary Koreatown sibling drama MS. PURPLE (2019), which also premiered at Sundance.
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- Irvine, California, USA
Sep 17, 2021 · In ‘Blue Bayou,’ Justin Chon demands justice for adopted immigrants facing deportation. Justin Chon wrote, directed and stars in “Blue Bayou,” which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film...
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He is the son of Kyung, a pianist, and Sang Chon, a former child actor. Justin is of Korean descent. Justin Chon is a writer, director, and actor known for his '90s LA Riots drama Gook (2017), which won the NEXT category of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win him the Independent Spirit award for "someone to watch" in 2018.
- May 29, 1981
Sep 16, 2021 · Nick Allen September 16, 2021. Tweet. “Blue Bayou” tells the harrowing story of an American we rarely see in film. Justin Chon ’s Antonio LeBlanc, a Korean adoptee living in Louisiana, faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know after an altercation with a police officer.
Jul 7, 2021 · Justin Chon Confronts a Broken American Dream in Blue Bayou. In his first interview about his buzzy Cannes premiere, the acclaimed director says the film “represents what America feels like and...
Sep 17, 2021 · Blue Bayou: Directed by Justin Chon. With Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh-Dan Pham. As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
