Tadashi Nakamura (filmmaker)

Tadashi "Tad" Nakamura (born c. 1980) is a Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker. He is noted for films about the Asian-American and Japanese-American communities in the United States. His films have received numerous awards at film festivals, and his film about Jake Shimabukuro received a 2013 Gotham Award.

Personal life

Nakamura is a fourth generation Japanese American, born and raised in Los Angeles. His father, Robert A. Nakamura, is also a filmmaker and is sometimes referred to as "the Godfather of Asian American media".[1][2] His mother is the author and filmmaker Karen L. Ishizuka.[3]

Career

Nakamura's films focus on the Japanese American experience. Three of his films, Yellow Brotherhood, Pilgrimage, and A Song for Ourselves, form a documentary trilogy about Asian Americans and the importance of community. His films are frequently shown at film festivals, where they have won numerous awards.[4] His 2013 film, Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, is a full-length documentary about Jake Shimabukuro, a Japanese American ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii. The film won the 2013 Gotham Audience Award for Independent Films.[5][6]

Education

Nakamura received a M.A. in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)[7] in 2008. He received a B.A. in Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)[3] in 2003. His father is also a graduate of UCLA (MFA, 1975).

Filmography
  • Yellow Brotherhood (2003)[8]
  • Pilgrimage (2007)[9]
  • A Song for Ourselves (2009)
  • Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings (2012)
  • Mele Murals (2016)[10]

References
  1. "JANM Announces Honorees and Theme for 2016 Annual Gala Dinner". Japanese American National Museum. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Tribute Reel to Robert Nakamura: Godfather of Asian American Media". Center for Asian American Media. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "Tadashi Nakamura '03". University of California - Los Angeles. May 22, 2015.
  4. "Tadashi Nakamura Awards". Internet Movie Database.
  5. "Japanese American Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura Wins Gotham Independent Film Award". Pacific Citizen. January 17, 2014.
  6. "Gotham Independent Film Project- Past Recipients". Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  7. McNulty, Jennifer (January 13, 2008). "Graduate student's film featured at Sundance Film Festival". University of California - Santa Cruz.
  8. Yellow Brotherhood: A Film (DVD). Los Angeles, Calif.: Center for EthnoCommunications of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. 2003. OCLC 66916886.
  9. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9772415/?ref_=nv_sr_1
  10. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2871594/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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