Lloyd Lee Choi is a Korean-Canadian writer/director living in Brooklyn. His short film, Same Old (2022), was an official selection at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival as part of the main competition, the only US film to be accepted in the line-up of 9 films. The film went on to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Special Jury Mention), Melbourne International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Seminci. Same Old also won 1st place at the 2022 HBOmax APA Visionaries awards. He is currently developing a feature film based off of the short.