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Mieko Ouchi

Mieko Ouchi is an actor, writer, and director working in theatre and film/TV. Mieko trained at U of A’s BFA Acting Program, the Women in the Director’s Chair Program and the National Screen Institute. Film roles include Nori Sato in Global TV’s The Guard, The Orange Seed Myth and Other Lies Mothers Tell, Fear Itself, […]

Eric Koyanagi

Eric Koyanagi is a filmmaker, writer and editor. He wrote and directed the seminal Asian American feature film hundred percent, which LA Weekly declared, ‘A bright sharp comedy-drama with funky retro flair to spare,’ and the LA Times heralded as ‘Winning knockabout comedy!’ He followed it up with the US-Japan co-production, Shadow Fury, a high-wire […]

Nobu McCarthy

Nobu McCarthy (nee Atsumi), born in Ottawa, Ontario, was an actress, stage director and fashion model. Her father, Masaji Atsumi, was a fashion designer in Japan and a diplomatic attaché stationed in Canada when Nobu was born. She was raised in Japan where she studied ballet. While living in Los Angeles, she was discovered in […]

Jesse Nishihata

JESSE HIDEO NISHIHATA was a pioneer in Japanese Canadian documentary filmmaking. From 1966-1978 Jesse worked as a contract producer for the CBC-TV Public Affairs Department. During this time Jesse produced and directed numerous documentaries including such films as Watari Dori: A Bird of Passage (1973). Watari Dori uses Jesse’s own family history as a framework […]