Abraham Lincoln Lim is an American film director and actor.

Early life and education

Lim attended the

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...

, where he completed his BFA and an MFA in film. He grew up in

Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park ( ) is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in Johnson County, Kansas, it is one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the most populous suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As o ...

in the 1970s. For his MFA thesis, he worked on a film, named ''Fly'', that was selected for the university's festival, First Run Film Festival.

Career

Lim made his film debut in 2000 when ''

Roads and Bridges ''Roads and Bridges'' is a 2000 film by Abraham Lim about a Chinese-American man facing racial prejudice in the American Midwest. Lim plays the main character, Johnson Lee, a Chinese-American man who is placed on a Kansas road-cleaning crew by his p ...

'' was released. Altman was one of the executive producers. The film was included in festivals such as the

St. Louis International Film Festival The St. Louis International Film Festival (also known as SLIFF or Cinema St. Louis) is an annual film festival in St. Louis, Missouri, which has been running since 1992. The coordinating organization changed its name to "Cinema St. Louis" in 2003 ...

Hamptons International Film Festival The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is an international film festival founded in 1992, by Joyce Robinson. The festival has since taken place every year in East Hampton, New York. It is usually an annual five-day event in mid-October a ...

, and

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, episod ...

. In 2003, his film, ''Toy'', was selected to screen at

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. In 2005, Lim received a grant from the NAATA media fund and his script ''Hong Kong Hero'' was selected for participation in Tribeca All Access Connects, which is part of the

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...

. In 2006, ''The Achievers'', a film directed by him, was included in the

Project Greenlight ''Project Greenlight'' is an American documentary television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt ...

. In the same year, he became a fellow of the

University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi System, formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH, is a public college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven com ...

's Academy for Creative Media. In 2010, Lim directed '' God is D ad'', a

road movie A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienatio ...

about young adults going to a comic convention in the late 1980s. The film received Best Feature at the Korean Film Festival of Los Angeles and

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and was also included at the

International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...

and the

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...

Filmography

* ''

'' (2001) * ''Fists of Cheese'' (2002) * ''The Achievers'' (2006) * ''God is D ad'' (2010) * ''L'Enfant et le poulpe'' (2020)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Abraham People from Overland Park, Kansas Lim, Abraham American male actors of Korean descent Living people American film directors of Korean descent Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Tisch School of the Arts alumni