Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi "Tad" Nakamura (born c. 1980) is an American documentary filmmaker. He is noted for films about the Asian-American and Japanese-American communities in the United States. His 2013 film, Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, received a 2013 Gotham Award. Education Nakamura graduated with a bachelor's degree in Asian-American studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2003. He received his MFA in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2008. Career Nakamura's films focus on the Japanese American experience. Three of his films, Yellow Brotherhood, Pilgrimage, and A Song for Ourselves, form a documentary trilogy about Asian Americans and the importance of community. His films are frequently shown at film festivals, where they have won numerous awards.