Dawn Suhyun Shim was born in South Korea. Dawn developed her love for photography in her early age. After a childhood spent traveling around Southeast Asia and Europe, Dawn decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue her dream to work in film. There were benefits to being immersed in Eastern and Western cultures; they strongly included in her life. The influence in her cultural interactions developed of her visual senses. Since graduating from American Film Institute conservatory’s cinematography masters program, Dawn has worked as a freelance director and cinematographer for a wide range of projects - feature films, commercials and music videos.