Shawn Ku is a U.S. choreographer and motion picture director.

[1] He has also danced on Broadway,[2] 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.

[3] Ku went to Harvard University as a chemistry pre-medical major and was accepted to Columbia medical school, before beginning his entertainment career.

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