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Desmond Nakano

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Desmond Nakano
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film score composer, actor
Years active1979–present
ParentLane Nakano

Desmond Nakano (born 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, film score composer, and actor. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films, White Man's Burden (1995)[1] and American Pastime (2007).[2] His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989),[3] American Me (1992),[4] White Man's Burden, and American Pastime.

References

  1. ^ Wilmington, Michael (Dec 1, 1995). "Reversal of Fortune Drives 'Heady' Burden". Chicago Tribune. p. 7D.
  2. ^ Wallace, Bruce (May 13, 2007). "Movies; Barracks and Baseball in the Utah Desert; In American Pastime, West Coast Japanese Interned During World War II Take to the Field in a Struggle for Dignity". The Los Angeles Times. p. E8.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (May 2, 1990). "Review/Film; A Brutal, Elegiac Last Exit, Unrelieved by Hope". The New York Times. p. C15.
  4. ^ Turan, Kenneth (March 13, 1992). "Movie Review; American Me Delivers". The Los Angeles Times. p. F1.