January 15, 2021 08:57
The animated feature Soul, which will hit theater here next week, has the first black lead of any Pixar feature but is helmed by a Korean animator. Soul is about a band teacher, voiced by Jamie Foxx, who dreams of playing the piano in New York s top jazz club.
Kim Jae-hyung
The animator behind Soul is Kim Jae-hyung (48), who took an unusual career path after graduating from Yonsei University College of Medicine. He switched to computer animation when he was a resident at a hospital in 2003. I got good grades and went to medical school to live up to the expectations of my family, but my passion started to wane as I started working and I grew disappointed with my performance as a doctor, Kim told the Chosun Ilbo on Tuesday.