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
My Mother, My Anchor
May 8, 2011
Interview with Jamie Ford, Author of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet"
April 5, 2011
Gina Hiraizumi, Actress/Singer
June 8, 2011
Bill Watanabe, Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center
May 27, 2011
Tom Ikeda, Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
March 1, 2011
Akira Uchimura of the Nikkei Youth Network
March 15, 2011
Athena Mari Asklipiadis, Mixed Marrow
Feb. 15, 2011
Rick Shiomi, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Mu Performing Arts
Feb. 8, 2011
Ken Tanabe, Loving Day
Jan. 28, 2011
Chris Aihara, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
Jan. 3, 2011
Discover Nikkei Updates
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November 12
5pm PDT | 7pm PET
Featured Nima:
Graciela Nakachi
Guest Host:
Enrique Higa
Presented in Spanish
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