Kim Marcelino

Kim is a Chinese- and Filipino-American comedy writer, director, and one of MovieMaker magazine's 25 screenwriters to watch in 2023. Her short film Bad Asian premiered at the Dances With Films Festival in LA and won an honorable mention in directing at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Her screenwriting has placed at The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, ScreenCraft Fellowship, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and the Austin Film Festival. Her 10-minute play, My Monster, a dark comedy about social anxiety, won the audience award for Best Play at The Short Play Festival at The Players Theatre in New York. She trained in improv and sketch comedy at UCB and the PIT and has spent countless nights playing make-believe in basements across New York City.