Filmography

• ABC News

  ABC News - Special Documentary Segments

  Travel Reports from Tokyo, July 2021

  • Journey to Japan - A look at a country pulling off the Olympics during a pandemic
  • The deeper meaning behind the Tokyo Olympic Stadium

  

  LA Area Emmy Award winning Special Documentary Segments on the Nisei

  • FACEism: The segregated Japanese-American unit that rescued the 'Lost Battalion' during WWII
  • FACEism: Japanese-American World War II veteran receives a hero's welcome in French village he helped liberate
  • The heroic story of Sadao Munemori, LA native and WWII Medal of Honor recipient

  Cinematographer for a variety of special documentary segments with anchor, David Ono, primarily following the stories of the Nisei, The 100th/442nd Infantry Regiment who became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. We traveled through Italy and France conducting interviews, capturing aerial footage of battlefields and encasing heroic stories into the canon of history.

  Each of these received LA Area Emmy Awards in their respective years.

• Doctor Who Am I (2021)
  

  Doctor Who Am I

  DoctorWhoAmI.com | IMDB

  An infamous Doctor Who screenwriter is reluctantly dragged back into the American Whoniverse, in this funny and moving documentary about finding family in the unlikeliest of places.

  
• Bar America (2014)
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  Bar America

  BarAmericaMovie.com | IMDB

  Bar America is the story of two best friends – Hank and Charlie – who face losing each other and the show that has made them hometown celebrities when a conniving duo sees a way to strike it rich by destroying everything these two buddies have built.

  
• Behind Lovelace (2012)
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  Behind Lovelace

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  This 13 minute, behind-the-scenes short looks at the woman revealed in the biographical narrative - Lovelace, by the directing duo Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard.
  
  The short examines the craft of acting, the 'two-headed' director's approach and the spirit of filmmaking. A month of working on set in Los Angeles followed by countless hours of editing and collaboration with other talented filmmakers has resulted in a short film which will accompany the official EPK just before the release at Sundance 2013.

  
• Your Good Friend (2012)
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  Your Good Friend

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  Zander, a widowed rabbi, and Jules, an out-of-date pornographer become friends. Their values are put to the test as Jules documents their unique relationship in a way that is both touching and funny.

  
• An American Contradiction (2012)
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  An American Contradiction

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  Seeking knowledge about her country and heritage, filmmaker Vanessa Yuille journeys to her mother's birthplace, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII.

  
• Rabbit Hole (2010)
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  Rabbit Hole

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  Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

  
• Orange Jumpsuit (2011)
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  Orange Jumpsuit

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  Maria, a victim of domestic violence, goes to a hospital and meets a prisoner who looks very scary in a waiting room, then her fear of him makes her imagine about the prisoner attacking people.