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Movies Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, Queer, Undocumented & Unafraid, Mele Murals Parents Robert A. Nakamura, Karen L. Ishizuka Awards Gotham Independent Film Audience Award People also search for Robert A. Nakamura, Karen L. Ishizuka | ||
Tadashi "Tad" Nakamura (born c. 1980) is a Los Angeles-based Japanese American filmmaker.
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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".
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 most recent 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 Independent Film Audience Award.
Education
Nakamura received a M.A. in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2008. He received a B.A. in Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2003. His father is also a graduate of UCLA (MFA, 1975).