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Emiko Omori

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Emiko Omori has traveled the globe for more than 30 years as a cinematographer for many award-winning documentaries. Omori taught filmmaking in California and Hawai‘i and was the San Francisco Bay Area's first Asian American female news cameraperson. Omori has produced several nationally acclaimed documentaries including: Tattoo City, a documentary about the art of Japanese-style full body tattooing by artist D.E. Hardy; Hot Summer Winds, a drama based on two short stories by Nisei writer Hisaye Yamamoto that was showcased on American Playhouse; Rabbit in the Moon, a feature-length documentary that combines the internees' powerful stories with evocative images resulting in a film that is part documentary, part memoir and part essay. Rabbit in the Moon was broadcast on P.O.V. and received the Best Documentary Cinematography Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and won an Emmy.

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Crew (40)

Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio2020 · Editor
Chinese Couplets
Chinese Couplets2015 · Director of Photography
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter2012 · Editor
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter2012 · Director of Photography
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter
To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter2012 · producer
The Vinegar Solution
The Vinegar Solution2011 · Director of Photography
The Vinegar Solution
The Vinegar Solution2011 · producer
The Vinegar Solution
The Vinegar Solution2011 · Editor
Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World2010 · producer
Manilatown Is in the Heart
Manilatown Is in the Heart2008 · Director of Photography
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm2007 · producer
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm2007 · Director of Photography
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm2007 · Editor
7500 Miles to Redemption
7500 Miles to Redemption2007 · producer
7500 Miles to Redemption
7500 Miles to Redemption2007 · Director of Photography
Skin Stories
Skin Stories2003 · producer
Skin Stories
Skin Stories2003 · Director of Photography
Coming to Light
Coming to Light2000 · Director of Photography
Rebels with a Cause
Rebels with a Cause2000 · Director of Photography
Corpus
Corpus1999 · Director of Photography
Conversations with Intellectuals About Selena
Conversations with Intellectuals About Selena1999 · Director of Photography
Rabbit in the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon1999 · producer
Rabbit in the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon1999 · Director of Photography
Rabbit in the Moon
Rabbit in the Moon1999 · Editor
Iroquois Women: The Three Sisters
Iroquois Women: The Three Sisters1998 · Director of Photography
Regret to Inform
Regret to Inform1998 · Director of Photography
The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military
The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military1995 · Director of Photography
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Black Is… Black Ain’t1995 · Additional Photography
Notes on a Scale
Notes on a Scale1994 · Director of Photography
Hard Act to Follow
Hard Act to Follow1990 · Director of Photography
Home from the Eastern Sea
Home from the Eastern Sea1990 · Editor
Home from the Eastern Sea
Home from the Eastern Sea1990 · Director of Photography
Rivera In America
Rivera In America1989 · Director of Photography
Cowboy Poets
Cowboy Poets1987 · Director of Photography
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World1985 · Director of Photography
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk1984 · Additional Camera
Conversations with Roy DeCarava
Conversations with Roy DeCarava1983 · Director of Photography
The Fall of the I-Hotel
The Fall of the I-Hotel1983 · Director of Photography
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer1981 · Director of Photography
Love It Like a Fool
Love It Like a Fool1977 · Director of Photography

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