Robert A. Nakamura
- Directing
- July 5, 1936 · Venice, California, USA
- June 11, 2025
Biography
Robert Akira Nakamura (July 5, 1936 – June 11, 2025) was an American filmmaker and teacher, sometimes referred to as "the Godfather of Asian American media". In 1970, he cofounded Visual Communications (VC), the oldest community-based Asian Pacific American media arts organization in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert A. Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Third Act · Self
- A Song For Ourselves · Executive producer
- Pilgrimage
- Words, Weavings, and Songs · Executive producer
- Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray · Director
- Harsh Canvas: The Art & Life of Henry Sugimoto · Producer
- Looking Like the Enemy · Director
- Something Strong Within · Director
- Mississippi Triangle · Director, Additional Sound Re-Recordist
- Hito Hata: Raise the Banner · Writer, Director
- Wataridori: Birds of Passage · Director
- Cruisin' J-Town · Producer
- Chinatown 2-Step · Producer
- Pieces of a Dream · Cinematography
- To Be Me, Tony Quon · Producer
- Manzanar · Self, Director