Shawn Ku

Shawn Ku
Ku at the screening of Beautiful Boy at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	current

Shawn Ku is a U.S. choreographer and motion picture director. He has also danced on Broadway, and acted in an independent feature-length film. Inspired by his family's personal connection to the Virginia Tech shooting and unexpected death of a visiting friend, Shawn Ku developed his 2010 film "Beautiful Boy" from those experiences.

Ku went to Harvard University as a premedical major and was accepted to Columbia medical school, before beginning his entertainment career.