Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe

Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe
Directed byHarry Kim
Produced byHarry Kim
Elizabeth Ai
StarringDavid Choe
CinematographyHarry Kim
Johnny Granado
Edited byDaniel Freedman
Harry Kim
Heather Lenz
Production
company
Release date
  • 21 June 2008 (2008-06-21) (United States: limited)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe is a 2008 documentary film about the painter and graffiti artist David Choe, directed by Harry Kim.

Over more than a decade, Kim filmed the most intimate and dramatic moments of his best friend Choe's colorful life as an artist. Dirty Hands began as a film school project, but gradually expanded into a half-hour film entitled Whales and Orgies, then a feature-length documentary.[1] The film was premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 21, 2008,[2] and had a theatrical premiere at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco in May 2010.[3] The end credits' song was produced by the Grammy-nominated music producer Dr. Luke.[4]

  1. ^ Todd Konrad (2010). "David Choe's Dirty Hands: Interview with Harry Kim". Independent Film Quarterly. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Chau Tu (June 28, 2008). "The Art and Crimes of David Choe". Anthem. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Jessica Lum (May 21, 2010). "Dirty Hands: David Choe Documentary Now Playing at the Roxie". Hyphen.
  4. ^ "David Choe (Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe) End Credits Song - Dr. Luke". David Choe. Retrieved March 22, 2021.