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name: "Boo Hwan Lim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/boohwan-lim"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 February 1958"
died: "1 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:13:32.805660+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Boo Hwan Lim

Director. Born 28 February 1958 in South Korea. Died 1 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 February 1958, South Korea
- **Died:** 1 October 2024
- **Also known as:** Boohwan Lim

## Biography

Boo Hwan Lim, also credited as Boohwan Lim, was a South Korean-born animator and director. Born on 28 February 1958 in Seoul, he died on 1 October 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Lim directed twelve episodes of *King of the Hill* between 2000 and 2005, and fifteen episodes of *Bob's Burgers* from 2011 to 2015. He also worked in animation, storyboarding and layout on series including *The Maxx*, *Family Guy* and *Avatar: The Last Airbender*.

In 2000 he received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production, shared with Kyoung Hee Lim, for the *King of the Hill* episode "Won't You Pimai Neighbor?".

*Sources: imdb.com, kingofthehill.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King of the Hill* (1997), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)

## Also known for

- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), Director

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