David Yun grew up the son of Chinese immigrants in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit that holds the title as "The Whitest Large City in the United States."  He is an MFA graduate (film) from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).  Yun's work, shown internationally, spans a variety of mediums including film/video, photography, social practice and installation. His films have screened as part of numerous film festivals including the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), European Media Arts Festival, New York International Asian American Film Festival, and Documenta Madrid.  He is a 2009 recipient of the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship, awarded annually by the San Francisco Foundation to the most promising Fine Arts Graduate Students in the Bay Area.