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Ann Kaneko(I)

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For every artist, the need to create and be heard is as basic as food and shelter. But what happens when you live in a country where speaking your mind can land you in prison?
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Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru (2008)
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Ann Kaneko is an award-winning, LA-based independent filmmaker. Her films include A Flicker in Eternity (2011); Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Perú (2008); Overstay (1998),100% Human Hair (2002) and Action Conversations: Bellows Falls (2014). Her projects have been funded by the Japan Foundation, Hoso Bunka Foundation, a Fulbright Fellowship and the Center for Cultural Innovation and been commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Skirball Cultural Center, Japanese American National Museum and the Getty Center. She has collaborated with choreographers Victoria Marks, Cid Pearlman and Kristen Smiarowski. She participated in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and received an MFA in film directing from UCLA.
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      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    A Flicker in Eternity
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
    Against the Grain
    • Cinematographer
    • 2008
    Overstay
    • Cinematographer
    • 1998
    Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021)
    Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021

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    Cinematographer



    • Wisdom Gone Wild (2022)
      Wisdom Gone Wild
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021)
      Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Rey Scott and Ling-Ai Li in Finding Kukan (2016)
      Finding Kukan
      7.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Action Conversations: Bellows Falls
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • A Flicker in Eternity
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru (2008)
      Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Against the Grain
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • View from a Grain of Sand (2006)
      View from a Grain of Sand
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • The Slanted Screen (2006)
      The Slanted Screen
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Songs for the City of Angels
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2005
    • Concentric Beats (2001)
      Concentric Beats
      7.2
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001
    • Overstay
      • Cinematographer
      • 1998

    Director



    • Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021)
      Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Action Conversations: Bellows Falls
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2014
    • A Flicker in Eternity
      Video
      • co-director
      • 2011
    • Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru (2008)
      Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Against the Grain
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Overstay
      • Director
      • 1998

    Producer



    • Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021)
      Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Prescribed (2012)
      Prescribed
      6.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • A Flicker in Eternity
      Video
      • co-producer
      • 2011
    • Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru (2008)
      Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Against the Grain
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Overstay
      • producer
      • 1998

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    Against the Grain:  An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
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