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Matt Yamashita. Molokai, Hawaii. molokaimatt@gmail.com. Matt Yamashita is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. After receiving a BFA in Film Production from Chapman University, Matt returned to Molokai to become the island’s first professional filmmaker.
Emmy Award winning freelance filmmaker from the Hawaiian island of Molokai. BFA in Film Production from Chapman University. Professional filmmaker since 2001. Offering a full range of services ...
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- Quazifilms
- Molokai High School
- Kaunakakai, Hawaii, United States
Nov 1, 2023 · "Kala" is a 20-minute film written and directed by Molokaʻi filmmaker Matt Yamashita. It offers a poignant look at addiction, recovery and family relationships — all created by cast and crew from the island. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.
Stories of Hawai'i told from a local perspective. Videos produced by Matt Yamashita and Quazifilms Media. Molokai, Hawaii.
In 2019, Sunny was introduced to Matt Yamashita, an Emmy Award-winning freelance filmmaker from the island of Molokai. Having grown up in a small town on Molokai, the Makawao project resonated with Matt and over the next year he and Sunny pieced together a beautiful storyline from over 40 hours of footage.
Kala is a 20-minute film produced by Matt Yamashita and Mikiala Pescaia. The film is written and directed by Yamashita, an Emmy Award-winning Molokai filmmaker and fisherman. Pescaia, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner and storyteller, also serves as 1st AD and production designer.
Nov 16, 2023 · Whenever Molokai-related films come before the Film Office, they are usually routed to Molokai filmmaker Matt Yamashita and a small group of cultural practitioners on the island to help screen them and navigate through the community, according to Pescaia.
