Koji Steven Sakai has written two feature films that have been produced; Haunted Highway and The People I’ve Slept With.
Koji is a graduate from the University of Southern California’s Masters of Professional Writing program. He has held several fellowships, starting with the most recent, which include: The Writers Boot Camp Fellowship (2009), The Producers Guild: Power of Diversity Workshop (2009), Film Independent’s Project: Involve (2007), Visual Communication’s Armed With a Camera (2006), and Screenwriting Expo 4: New Visions Fellowship award (2005).
In addition to his work in film, Koji is a regular contributor to Discover Nikkei (www.discovernikkei.org/en/) and 8Asians (www.8Asians.com). He also contributed a story (Meet Joe) to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology, the first graphic novel anthology written/drawn/and about Asian Americans. Secret Identities was released by New Press in April of 2009.
Koji is the manager of public programs at the Japanese American National Museum (www.janm.org). He is in charge of the concerts, lectures, workshops, family days, screenings, and other public events.
Nikkei Interests
Mari Watanabe, Executive Director, Oregon Nikkei Endowment
Feb. 17, 2012
Top Five Japanese American Women Civil Rights Pioneers You Should Know
March 1, 2012
The Top Non-Asian Civil Rights Heroes For Japanese Americans
Feb. 9, 2012
70th Anniversary of the Signing of Executive Order 9066
Jan. 17, 2012
Filmmaker Derek Shimoda, June Bride: Redemption of a Yakuza
Feb. 2, 2012
Claire Mix, Producer/Writer/Director of Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story
Jan. 26, 2012
Top 5 Favorite Things About Japanese New Years
Jan. 2, 2012
A Response To New York Times’ “The How of an Internment, but Not All the Whys”
Dec. 21, 2011
Part 5 of 5: Postscript
Sept. 30, 2011
Part 4 of 5: Decision
Sept. 23, 2011
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