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Susan E. Kim is a television and feature film picture editor.
Her recent work includes A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, (dir. Kogonada) starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, to be released in September 2025. She also edited on PACHINKO (Season 1 and 2), the Apple TV+ series which has garnered numerous awards, including the Critics Choice Award, Film Independent Spirit Award and a Peabody Award, A SMALL LIGHT, the critically-acclaimed limited drama series for NatGeo/Disney+, and the anthology series LITTLE AMERICA (Season 2) for Apple TV+.
Susan also co-edited on I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR (dir. Bradley Rust Gray), which won a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered (formerly BLOOD). Prior to that, the independent feature film TWO YELLOW LINES (dir. Derek Bauer) won Best Narrative Feature at the BZN International Film Festival and is now distributed through Universal Pictures.
Susan has worked across a range of content, including unscripted work, commercials and music concerts. She began her career as an Assistant Editor on projects that include the Emmy-winning HBO series EUPHORIA and the Duplass Brothers HBO series, ROOM 104. Her credits also include films such as SHORT TERM 12, STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT, AMERICAN PASTORAL and UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS.
In 2021, Susan was awarded the Sally Menke Memorial Fellowship by the Sundance Institute. This Fellowship is given to one editor each year and honors the legacy of renowned editor Sally Menke.
An alumna of the ACE Diversity Mentorship Program, she has also served as an Associate Mentor in the program. Since 2024, Susan has been a mentor in the Lift Up Women Mentorship Program, facilitated by the Motion Picture Editor's Guild Women's Steering Committee.
A foundation in the arts has informed her practice as a versatile editor with a range of interests and skills. Susan received a BA with a focus on filmmaking, creative writing and theater from the University of Iowa and an MFA in the Film/Video Program from the California Institute of the Arts. To this day, her background in experimental filmmaking is a source of inspiration, instilling a spirit of open-minded collaboration.
Susan is proudly Korean-American, born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in the Midwest. She currently resides in Los Angeles. When she's not in the editing room, Susan loves exploring all things food and fitness, traveling around the world and taking epic walks in new cities.
Clients + Collaborators:
Apple, Google, Nomad Editing Co., Cut + Run, Go Film, TBWA/Chiat Day, BBH LA / The Creative Studio, Bravo, NatGeo, Style, E!, Food Network, Sundance Channel, CW/4Kids, American Idol Live, Activision, Coachella, Old Navy, Fisher Price, Georges St. Pierre, Jane Fonda, Bob Harper, Billy Blanks, Allucinari, Cognitive Arts Corp., Corporation for Supportive Housing, Brownstone Entertainment, Giant Pirates Entertainment, WIN Entertainment, GRB Entertainment, Digital Shelf Space, Right Price Marketing, Earls Music Productions and Mad Machine Films.