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
A Japanese American Writer’s Perspective on Writing
June 21, 2007
Marrying Japanese
May 16, 2007
Sticks and Stones
April 18, 2007
What am I?
March 21, 2007
Citizen First
Feb. 22, 2007
Samurais, Ninjas - Oh My!
Jan. 23, 2007
To my unborn child: Tojo Sakai
Dec. 13, 2006
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