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エミー賞受賞歴を持つインディペンデント映画作家。アメリカの文化、歴史、芸術、音楽をテーマに作品を手がけている。

ロックンロール草創期を切り拓いた女性たちを描いた『Welcome to the Club—The Women of Rockabilly』は、2003年にグラミー賞にノミネートされ、全米各地のPBS系列局で放送された。

2014年には、カーター·ファミリーとキャッシュ·ファミリーを軸にカントリー音楽の歩みを描いた『The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music』がSXSWでプレミア上映され、数々の映画祭で最優秀ドキュメンタリー賞をはじめとする賞を受賞。ニューヨーク·タイムズ紙とヴィレッジ·ヴォイス紙の両紙で「Critics’ Pick」に選出された。

また、ボストンの公共テレビ局WGBH、ポートランドのOregon Public Broadcasting（OPB）でも、地域および全米向け番組のプロデュース、演出、リサーチ、執筆を手がけてきた。

シラキュース大学でパブリック·コミュニケーションの学士号、マサチューセッツ大学ボストン校でアメリカ研究の修士号を取得。

共同プロデューサー

30年以上にわたり映像制作に携わる。日本では、日本テレビ、TBS、テレビ朝日、テレビ東京などで多岐にわたるジャンルの番組の構成·演出を担当。その後ニューヨークに移り、TV Japanの番組ディレクターを経て、NHKのプロデューサー/ディレクターとしてニュース、ドキュメンタリー、スポーツなど幅広い分野の番組制作に携わる。ニューヨークからの生中継セグメントはNHKの朝の報道番組で長年にわたり放送された。

近年は、アメリカの女性エグゼクティブたちへのインタビュー番組「スターウーマン」をはじめとする社会·時事番組や、NHK WORLD-JAPANの英語コンテンツを制作している。ドキュメンタリー映画『Tokyo Hula』ではアソシエイト·プロデューサー、2020年東京オリンピックではアシスタント·テクニカル·ディレクターを務めた。

Consulting Producer Francene Blythe-Lewis is the Executive Director of Vision Maker Media, empowering Native filmmakers to tell their stories. Prior to joining Vision Maker, she was the Director of Programs for the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, overseeing the strategic development, implementation and evaluation of public programs, outreach and funding opportunities. She has also served at National Geographic and was the Director of their All Roads Film Project, in addition to producing the female filmmaker series Women Hold Up Half the Sky. She has a broad background in project management and arts and cultures, having worked for the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. Francene received her MA in Theater Management at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and her BA in Theater from Doane College. As a proud Native woman, she is Eastern Band Cherokee and Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota from her father and Navajo from her mother. Francene has received numerous awards and recognition for championing cultural diversity and equity in arts and community leadership.

Susan Walsh has been the Executive Director of the Center for Independent Documentary for the past forty years. Over 250 documentary films have been produced in association with independent filmmakers during her tenure and have been screened nationally on public and cable television, as well as theatrically released and marketed to educational institutions worldwide. As the person responsible for the administration of the organization, her work includes financial management of the organization and its programs, development, and public relations, as well as providing creative and technical support to CID filmmakers. Recent CID films include the 2021 Oscar nominated Crip Camp, the 2021 Emmy award winning Ernie and Joe, and the 2022 Oscar nominated documentary Ascension. Her past work includes four years as the New England field organizer for the Independent Television Service Community Connections Project; and screen credits as co-producer on documentaries for public television with filmmaker Fred Simon. She has been recognized by Women in Film and Video with an “Image Award” for her work with independent filmmakers.

Co-Editor Kyung Lee is a filmmaker/editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a Japanese native of Korean descent. She made her directorial debut with TELOS: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui, a portrait of a visionary Bay Area architect which played at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, and San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2014 as well as other film festivals worldwide and is currently being broadcast nationally on PBS. She is in the production stage of her next documentary film, My Landlord (working title), concerning the housing crisis in the Bay Area. She produced a short film series on homelessness, We R Here in 2023 which premiered at Odense International Film Festival in Denmark. Kyung recently completed producing and editing a feature length documentary ¡Quba!. The film, directed by Kim Anno, features LGBTQ activists fighting for equality in post-Fidel Cuba. She is also studying 3D animation to deepen her knowledge and expertise in virtual production.

Co-Editor Emily von W. Gilbert first got her start in film in a production class with the legendary documentarian and media activist George Stoney at New York University. Since moving to Portland, Oregon Emily has been in great demand, working with a number of filmmakers including Irene Taylor-Brodsky on her HBO documentaries Open Your Eyes and Beware the Slenderman, Briar Levit on her film Graphic Means, Jan Haaken’s Necessity film series, Beth Harrington’s music films The Winding Stream and The Musicianer, alongside many commercial projects. She is currently completing work on Kristian St. Clair’s feature documentary about the life of musician/producer/composer Jack Nitzsche.

Director of Photography Asia Brown seeks out projects that give a voice to the unseen and unheard, especially  focusing on women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. Her work includes the Amazon Prime docuseries, Ted Bundy – Falling for a Serial Killer, which was the first of its kind to tell the story incorporating a feminist critique. Her directorial debut, Self-Worship is an award-winning, boldly feminist exploration of a sexual trauma survivor’s journey back to their body. Other notable works include: the celebrated feature film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff; Lebron James’ Uninterrupted – Becoming More with Kendra Little; NIKE Women’s Narrative Immersion; Magnolia Network’s hit show From the Source with award-winning chef Katie Button; Stu for Silverton about America’s first openly transgender mayor; Still in Prison, about the effort to end Oregon law rooted in racism; Unfixed : Unsung, about the complexity of identity as it intersects with the health, well-being and humanity of four LGBTQ+ individuals. Asia also works with various non-profits making videos to help end homelessness in Oregon, to give BIPOC students access to arts, science and nature, and to support children processing the death of a loved one at the Dougy Center.

Jordan Eusebio is a Sound Designer based in Corvallis, OR. Notable sound design credits include the dance/horror hybrid CHISPA, the short documentary Visions, the feature horror-comedy, It Cuts Deep, and the animated film Severance. A graduate of Chapman University with a BFA in Film Production, he is also a producer, director and writer of his own award-winning films, the most recent of which is Western Exit, about a father’s last attempt to bring together his three estranged daughters. Jordan is currently in post-production on SHOWER, a sci-fi horror that explores parenthood and alternate dimensions. Other recent work includes sound design on Beth Harrington’s music series, The Musicianer, and field sound recording on her documentary Beyond the Duplex Planet.

Cinematographer Scott Ballard is well known for his work behind the camera but is also a talented director and producer. His most recent projects, Western Exit, Death on a Rock and North & Nowhere, have played at over 80 festivals worldwide, garnering dozens of awards. He holds an MFA in Film Production from Boston University and has been part of the film production scenes in New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Boston. He is in post-production on the documentary Mr. Immortal Jellyfish Man, the story of a Japanese scientist searching for the secret of eternal life.  Scott teaches filmmaking at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Megan Neil is a Portland-based first assistant camera, storyteller, and multimedia professional with a passion for visual narrative. With experience in feature films, shorts, and commercial projects, she engages audiences by conveying impactful messages through her work. Specializing in ARRI Alexa and RED systems, Megan has contributed to productions like Our Mr. Matsura and Summoning the Spirit. Her background in art education and studio management blends creativity and technical proficiency. Currently, she supports Media Production and Media Services at Portland Community College, refining her skills in video production and collaboration.

Composer Mark Orton has written scores for numerous films—both documentary and narrative features—and is perhaps best known for his score for the Academy Award–nominated film Nebraska (2013). A recipient of a Sundance Composer Fellowship and nominee for Best New Composer by the International Film Music Critics Association, his score for Alexander Payne’s multi-Oscar-nominated film The Holdovers (2023) was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. In that same year, he scored the Netflix film Working: What We Do All Day featuring former President Barack Obama as he talks to modern American workers. Mark has also provided the scores for other films including People Places and Things, The Boxtrolls, Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Miguel Arteta’s The Good Girl, 360 by Fernando Meirelles, and a 90th anniversary re-release of Buster Keaton’s The General, among many other films. Mark specializes in utilizing the instruments, music, and ambient sounds associated with a particular era and using these to create a fresh but still period-appropriate track for film.

The production of Our Mr. Matsura was also made possible thanks to our talented and dedicated colleagues in Tokyo.

Director of Photography Naohiro Hashimoto is the Director of the Japan Cinematographers Association, as well as a member of the Japan Academy Awards Association. Naohiro-san started his career in 1983 as a TV drama cameraman and went on to work on music programs, variety shows, and ENG reporting, live music performances, commercials, and feature film. He also worked with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology  where, after undergoing diving training, he became an accomplished underwater cameraman. In 2003, he founded Hashimoto Photography where he continues to provide services as a cinematographer, camera operator, and film drone pilot.

The team Naohiro-san assembled for Our Mr. Matsura includes the widely experienced camera operator Akihiko Miyawaki of Wing-T, Ltd.; lighting engineer Kenichi Goto, who has worked in music video, drama, motion pictures and TV and is the founder of the BONDS company; recording engineer Yusuke Murayama who has also served as a camera assistant, video engineer, still photographer and voice-over artist; camera assistant Shiori Nakashima who has experience as a camera operator and voice-over artist; and production assistant and driver Yuki Yano.  Their contributions to Our Mr. Matsura have been invaluable.