Eugene Kim
Eugene Kim, founder of Dirty Shoe Productions, began making short films on his father's Hi-8 camera when he was a child. After writing and directing a number of award-winning shorts while studying film at San Jose State University, Eugene went on to write and direct his first narrative feature,Liquor Store Cactus. Liquor Store Cactus was loosely based on Eugene's childhood, growing up in the Bay Area, and it world premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival in the summer of 2009.
In 2010, Eugene began work on his second feature film, Gooberland. Gooberland is a film that exhibits the hardships of being a struggling musician in the Bay Area. Gooberland examines the hopes and dreams that seem to fuel our current generation, as well as dissecting the adversity of contemporary relationships. Gooberland is currently in post-production.
Eugene tends to display the honest hardships of everyday living through his writing. Most of his writing derives from the places that he's been, the situations that he's seen, and the people he's known.
As a director, Eugene wishes to continue making honest films that will entertain those willing to watch.
"If you get into film because you think you're going to get rich quick and be the next Scorsese, good luck to you. Film is a form of art. It may be a very young form of art, but it is still a form of art. To make a living as an 'artist' is a tough one, however if you do somehow succeed in doing so, there is no better feeling in the world..."
- Eugene Kim
Matt Falkenthal
Matt Falkenthal, the co-founder of Dirty Shoe Productions, began his love affair with film at 5 years of age when his parents taped the Saturday Night Movie presentation of Star Wars onto a VHS cassette. He was never the same again. Since then, Matt has been studying and perfecting the art of visual storytelling. As a product of the '90s he believes in the surreal wonder of cinema, and is determined to change the current trend of bland and soulless films grounded in realism. He has produced two award-winning feature films and wrote/directed his own feature in
2008 - Cheer Up, Sam, which won the Silver Ace Award at the 2010 Las Vegas Film Festival. Matt currently lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and cat where he is working on his next screenplay and children's novel.