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Tadashi Nakamura (filmmaker)Tadashi "Tad" Nakamura (born c. 1980) is an American documentary filmmaker. He is noted for films about the Asian-American and Japanese-American communities in the United States. His 2013 film, Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, received a 2013 Gotham Award. EducationNakamura graduated with a bachelor's degree in Asian-American studies[citation needed] from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2003.[1] He received his MFA in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)[2] in 2008.[citation needed] CareerNakamura'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 2013 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 Audience Award for Independent Films.[3] Personal lifeNakamura 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".[4][5] His mother is the author and filmmaker Karen L. Ishizuka.[1] Filmography
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