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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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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.
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. “At its core is the theme of forgiveness or healing through forgiveness,” Yamashita said.
The pandemic puts a filmmaker’s (Matt Yamashita) thriving film career on hold, so he focuses his camera on his community and himself to document the unique impacts of the pandemic on a remote Hawaiian Island.
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.
Stories of Hawai'i told from a local perspective. Videos produced by Matt Yamashita and Quazifilms Media. Molokai, Hawaii. quazifilms.com and 3 more links.
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.
