Kalum Ko is a
director and photographer based in
Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Kimberley, BC, a one-stoplight town in the Canadian Rockies, he began on his mom’s point-and-shoot creating ski films at 13.
Since then, Kalum’s filmmaking and photography have taken him to over 35 countries, where he has worked with brands such as
Mercedes-Benz and
Tinder, and agencies like
GUT and
Mischief.
His work has been nominated for the
Young Director Award and featured on
Nowness,
BOOOOOOOM, and
National Geographic.
He won the
Juror’s Pick in
LensCulture’s Emerging Talent Awards and a
Canada Council for the Arts grant for his project
Close to Home.
Kalum is currently working on two post-documentary projects exploring home, community, and coming-of-age themes, that are taking him across Canada.