Lisa Onodera
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Lisa Onodera is an American independent film producer, of such noted films as School of Motion Picture and Television.
Early film credits include serving as
Frontline
documentary, The Monster That Ate Hollywood.
Onodera produced the 1995
Miramax Films.[1]
From 1997 to 2002, Onodera ran the production company, Celestial Pictures, with producer
Asian American
projects, and co-financed and co-produced Jule Gilfillan's Restless, a romantic drama set and shot in Beijing, China.
In 2000, she produced
The Debut, starring Dante Basco, which won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival[3] and Best Feature at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.[4] The film also received an AMMY Award for Best Independent Feature, and a MANAA Media Achievement Award, while breaking indie
distribution records with a $2 million box office return during its theatrical release in 2003.
In 2003, Onodera produced the
Japanese American internment during World War II. In 2006, she produced Eric Byler's TRE and Emily Skopov's Novel Romance
.
In 2006,
South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), winning the SXSW Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Kayo Hatta bio at NYAAIFF 2006[dead link]
- ^ Picture Bride profile on greencine.com Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ HIFF Award Winners on IMDb[dead link]
- ^ SDAFF Announces Winners on AsianAmericanFilm.com - 8/12/00[dead link]
- ^ Americanese wins at SXSW Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine on IndieWire
External links
- Lisa Onodera at IMDb