Naomi Mizoguchi

www.garafilms.com | Cell phone: 917-561-2620 | E-mail: naomi@garafilms.com

Objective
I have been working for video production since 1992.
I directed over 100 programs and edited over 300 programs forbroadcasting, government, commercial and independentcompanies and community groups. I am interested in creating
documentary collaborated with minority communities and grassroots organizations.
I co-established and ran a non-profit organization from2008 to 2014 to work with indigenous people in the world. I want
my video work to be informative and helpful for society.
Summary of Qualifications
1995 – current --- Freelance director, Editor, Shooter (current: President of GARA FILMS INC.)
2008 - 2014 --- Co-founder/co-director, Board of director, Cineminga International(www.cineminga.org)
2006 - 2011--- Editor, Video Conversion Manager at DCTV(Downtown Community
Television Center)2004 - 2005---Intern at DCTV, Assistant of video translation from Japanese to English
1992 -1995--- 3D computer graphics designer/ Assistant director, Production manager,Director, at Koudai Kong Inc,Skills
Directing, Film editing, Linear editing, Non-linear editing (Avid, Final Cut Pros, Adobe Premiere
Pro, DaVinci Resolve), Adobe Photoshop, DVD/Bluray authoring, Camera Shooting, Teaching
video making, Coordinator for video productions, Wordpress, NY Driver’s license, PADI diver’slicense, Japanese (Kansai dialect) and English, Sanshin (Okinawan traditional instrument)
Education
2004-2005 New York Institute English and Business, U.S.A.
1990-1992 Osaka School of Music, graduated, Japan
1996-1997, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan
Portfolios (New York)
Director“Ainu | Indigenous People of Japan” (www.ainuhito.com),
Feature documentary, 81min/61min, Producer/Director/Camera/Editor“World Wave Morning” (http://www.nhk.or.jp/worldwave/), weekly live show
NHK Special “Mega Disaster” series, 60min, Associate Director (Super Typhoon, Severe Rainstorm)“Service Learning Inquiry” 27min, director/shooter/editor/“Reona Ito Chamber Orchestra & Chorus” series, 60-90min, Director/Shooter/Editor
Editor“Ryuichi Sakamoto Live in New York”, UHD, 2017, 60min, NHK“Pachamama” 104min, Editor (Japanese/English/Spanish version)
As of 2019

“Shall We Sing?” 30min version, Audience and Excellent Award (Tokyo VideoFestival), 55min version, broadcasted on PBS
NHK “Asian Dreamers” series, 20min(http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/special/asian_dreamers.html)
HBO “WARTORN, 1861-2010” 67min, Additional editor(http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/wartorn-1861-2010#/)“Our Heroes – Building Together a New Hawaii”, Editor, 45min“India Journal”, 40min documentary, Editor
Translation (Japanese - English) and subtitling (Japanese, English, Spanish, Korean)“NHK documentary” TV series, 60min, Video Conversion Manager(translation, voiceover and subtitling service)
Fuji TV “ Mystery in courts”“Itecho – The butterflies of winter on the path” Captures over ten people who have varioussexual identities in Japan, 71min
Coordination
NHK Special “Mega Disaster” series, 60min (Major Volcanic Eruption, Extreme Weather)*Award winner: Ministory of Education at 56th Science and Technology Film/Video Film Festival (2015, Japan)

NHK “Global Debate Wisdom” (http://www.nhk.or.jp/wisdom/)Video Instructor
Keio Academy of New York, Japanese-English Bilingual Summer Program (2008-2011)
Video Summer Camp for Okinawan kids about “Uchina Family” (2003)
Cineminga projects (2008-2014)
Portfolios (Japan, Director/Editor)<16mm films>"It Begins in the Last" A film about human rights, 16mm, 53mins, 2003,
co-writer, Assistant director and Editor“Heart-City Kishiwada” super16mm, 20min, Director/editor, 1997
(75th anniversary of Kishiwada city’s foundation)<Documentaries>"Mapping the Future, Nishinari" ---53min (EN) , 68min (JP), 2006, Third prize for
Kinema Junpo Cultural Film, Associate camera, producer for English version"Hello Nippon"series --- NHK BS1, Documentary series of foreigners who live in Japan,
20mins, 2002,Writer and Director"Life of Korean-Japanese" ---Documentary of Korean Japanese family that was shot for
7years, 45mins, 1998, Editor and Assistant director"A story of discrimination" series ---Discrimination in the lower class in Japan, 30mins,
1998~2003, Camera, Editor, Second director<Short Cultural Videos>"Tsuyuko Isonokami"---Japanese poet in the Meiji and Taisyo Eras, 20mins, 2000,Writing and Directing"Traditional children's song in Kyoto"---27mins, 1999, Writing and Directing

As of 2019