Kim Noonan

Running Dragon is the third short film Kim Noonan has written and directed.  The film closely examines the impact that his Vietnamese heritage had on his adopted American upbringing.  It recently won the  Best Social Commentary award at the Poppy Jasper Film Festival and was one of three films chosen by the Vancouver Asian Film Festival for a panel discussion regarding Asian stereotypes and racism in the film and TV community.  Before undertaking Running Dragon, he took film courses at the cinema department at LACC (Los Angeles Community College) to educate himself about the technical aspects of filmmaking.  He is also a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has been in several plays and short films.  However, after years of struggling to distinguish himself for casting directors, he was encouraged by his friend and creative mentor, Deborah Theaker, to write and produce his own projects regarding his unusual but unique American upbringing.  As a result of her positive encouragement, he developed Running Dragon.  He is currently in the process of developing the feature for Running Dragon.  He resides in Echo Park, Los Angeles.