Joy Dietrich is a Korean-born American journalist, writer, filmmaker, and producer.
…"[1]She left home to study at university, earning two master's degrees: one in International Relations and another in Labor Economics.
Dietrich began her professional career in publishing as an editor and reporter for magazines and news services in the United States and overseas, but in the late 1990s, she relocated to New York City and learned filmmaking.
In 2001, her autobiographical first film, Surplus, was a 16 mm short on the devastating effects of poverty on Korean family children.
Joy Dietrich works as a writer and research editor for The New York Times and on her filmmaking activities.