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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. ^ a b "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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