DISTORTION PRODUCTIONS
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Distortion Productions was founded by Danny Kim in 2006 in Hollywood, CA.

Danny Kim is a Bay Area native, born in Palo Alto, CA.  He is an active member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild with over 50 feature film and tv credits such as the Sundance award-winning film, Advantageous (dir: Jennifer Phang), Scorpion King II (dir: Russell Mulcahy, Universal) and Pathfinder (dir: Marcus Nispel, Fox).

​As a filmmaker, Danny has conceptualized and directed music videos for artists such as classical Korean instrumentalist/composer Soo Yeon Lyuh and the internationally-renowned Kronos Quartet, Detroit DIY electro-punk band, ADULT., Filipina hiphop/world music producer Gingee, ambient producer r beny and shoegaze producer, Zaptra.  Danny directed videos for the entire 2008 concert season of Music Circle, a classical Indian music society founded in 1973 by Ravi Shankar and Harahir Rao.  In 2024-2025, Danny filmed interviews with founder David Harrington and other key members Hank Dutt, Janet Cowperthwaite, Jennifer Culp for Kronos Quartet's 50 Year Anniversary Archive for submission to the U.S. Library of Congress.
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Danny has also directed several short films including the drama Decisions starring Darren LaBorie, Jon Kellam, Aubrey Dickinson and Jennifer Couch and the zany romantic comedy, The Tripping Fall starring Marvin Solomon, Aimie Billon, Roman Gupta and Rich Knight. Both films premiered on the Warner Bros. studio lot.  ​

In 2016, Danny founded a monthly live synthesizer performance series called Binary Society in downtown San Jose.  From the first event on March 24th to the season finale featuring Richard Devine on October 29th, there were a total of eight events including a two-day lineup at the SubZERO Festival for Anno Domini Gallery and a modular showcase at the Tech Museum of Innovation.  Sponsors included Sequential/Dave Smith Instruments, Make Noise Music, Detroit Underground, Folktek, I/O Modular Technology, Robotspeak.  Event details can be found under the "Binary" section this site.

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Current Services

• Post Production Audio Services (Editorial)
• Music Video & Concert Production
• Story Development & Coverage
• Location Sound Recording/Mixing
• Casting & Screen Tests

Film Resources

• Motion Picture Sound Editors
• American Society of Cinematographers
• No Film School
• Creative Screenwriting
• Stage 32
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  • Open Source 02
    • OS Live 12.3.2021
    • Open Source 01
    • Open Source Blog
  • Production + Post
    • Bio
  • Binary Society Archives
    • Binary Showcase
    • Binary 09
    • Binary 08
    • Folktek Alter: SE >
      • Binary 08 T-Shirts
    • Binary 07
    • Binary 06
    • Binary 05
    • Binary 04
    • Binary at the Tech
    • Binary 03 @ SubZERO
    • Binary 02
    • Binary 01
  • Distortion Corporation
    • Biography
    • SoundCloud