Directing Credits
Ramen Symphony (2024)
• Quarter-Finalist, International Screenwriting Competition 2024
The (New) Normal (2023)
• Finalist, The CUNY Film Festival 2024
• Official Selection, International Filmmaker Festival of New York 2024
Okusama (2022)
• Semi-Finalist, London Women Film Festival 2025
• Official Selection, London Global Film Awards 2025
• CUNY TV Broadcast 2024
• Best Fiction Winner, CUNY Asian American Film Festival 2023
• Official Selection, Imagine This Women’s Film Festival 2023
Emily (2021)
• Official Selection, New York Lift-Off Online Film Festival 2022
Losers (2021)
• Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival 2021
Kanpai (2019)
• Honorable Mention, American Filmatics Arts Awards 2020
The Date (2013)
Something like a Dream (2007)
Other Film Credits
• Apparition (Producer/Director: Cuauhtémoc Velázquez López ) 2026 – Co-Producer
• Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (HBO Documentary Films, Executive Producer: Nancy Abraham) 2024 – Intern
• RedSin: Martyrs of Dissent (Producer/Director: Christopher Ortiz) 2024 – Assistant Director
• The Greatest (Barbarian Film, Producer: Pierce Brosnan, Doug Dey, Ron Hartenbaum) 2008 – Art Department Intern
• Boots for Tula (University of Illinois in Chicago, Producer/Director: Malic Amalya) 2007 – 1st AC/Head Grip
Publications
• Promethean (2024): Screenplay Work of Art
• Away Journal (2020): Essay Ramen in Minneapolis
• Noteworthy – The Journal Blog (2019): Essay Language Barrier
Achievement
• Finalist, Cambridge Script Festival (2026): Screenplay Work of Art
• Nominee, 1839 Awards (2026): Photography Series Crown of Her Own
• Semi-Finalist, Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season7 (2025): Screenplay Work of Art
• Semi-Finalist, Your Script Produced! Season2 (2021): Screenplay The Girl On a Train
• Exhibit “Still Life/Life Still” Darkroom Gallery, VT (2015): Photography Work The Ripple
• Peterhans Visual Training Project Prize, Illinois Institute of Technology (2009): Photography Project
Skills
• Software skill: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom, Final Draft, Final Cut Pro, Auto CAD, Microsoft Office
• Equipment skill: Digital SLR, Lighting Kit, Audio Recorder/Mixer, 35mm Film Camera, Photography Enlarger
• Other: bilingual in Japanese and English
Ramen Symphony (2024)
• Quarter-Finalist, International Screenwriting Competition 2024
The (New) Normal (2023)
• Finalist, The CUNY Film Festival 2024
• Official Selection, International Filmmaker Festival of New York 2024
Okusama (2022)
• Semi-Finalist, London Women Film Festival 2025
• Official Selection, London Global Film Awards 2025
• CUNY TV Broadcast 2024
• Best Fiction Winner, CUNY Asian American Film Festival 2023
• Official Selection, Imagine This Women’s Film Festival 2023
Emily (2021)
• Official Selection, New York Lift-Off Online Film Festival 2022
Losers (2021)
• Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival 2021
Kanpai (2019)
• Honorable Mention, American Filmatics Arts Awards 2020
The Date (2013)
Something like a Dream (2007)
Other Film Credits
• Apparition (Producer/Director: Cuauhtémoc Velázquez López ) 2026 – Co-Producer
• Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (HBO Documentary Films, Executive Producer: Nancy Abraham) 2024 – Intern
• RedSin: Martyrs of Dissent (Producer/Director: Christopher Ortiz) 2024 – Assistant Director
• The Greatest (Barbarian Film, Producer: Pierce Brosnan, Doug Dey, Ron Hartenbaum) 2008 – Art Department Intern
• Boots for Tula (University of Illinois in Chicago, Producer/Director: Malic Amalya) 2007 – 1st AC/Head Grip
Publications
• Promethean (2024): Screenplay Work of Art
• Away Journal (2020): Essay Ramen in Minneapolis
• Noteworthy – The Journal Blog (2019): Essay Language Barrier
Achievement
• Finalist, Cambridge Script Festival (2026): Screenplay Work of Art
• Nominee, 1839 Awards (2026): Photography Series Crown of Her Own
• Semi-Finalist, Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season7 (2025): Screenplay Work of Art
• Semi-Finalist, Your Script Produced! Season2 (2021): Screenplay The Girl On a Train
• Exhibit “Still Life/Life Still” Darkroom Gallery, VT (2015): Photography Work The Ripple
• Peterhans Visual Training Project Prize, Illinois Institute of Technology (2009): Photography Project
Skills
• Software skill: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom, Final Draft, Final Cut Pro, Auto CAD, Microsoft Office
• Equipment skill: Digital SLR, Lighting Kit, Audio Recorder/Mixer, 35mm Film Camera, Photography Enlarger
• Other: bilingual in Japanese and English