Robert A. Nakamura

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.4819

Gender

Male

Birthday

05-Jul-1936

Age

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Venice, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Robert Nakamura
  • Robert Akira Nakamura

Robert A. Nakamura

Biography

Robert Akira Nakamura (July 5, 1936 – June 11, 2025) was an American filmmaker and teacher, sometimes referred to as "the Godfather of Asian American media". In 1970, he cofounded Visual Communications (VC), the oldest community-based Asian Pacific American media arts organization in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert A. Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

Pilgrimage Pilgrimage (2007) Character: N/A
PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.
Manzanar Manzanar (1972) Character: Self - Narrator
Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.
Third Act Third Act (2025) Character: Self
Filmmaker Tadashi explores his father Robert A. Nakamura's life as an influential Asian American artist and activist, while grappling with Robert's Parkinson's diagnosis, navigating themes of art, grief, and their father-son relationship.



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