J.T. Takagi
Known For: Sound
Biography
J.T. Takagi is a third generation Japanese-American independent filmmaker who works as the Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, a media arts center in New York City. An award-winning filmmaker and sound recordist, Takagi’s directorial credits include The Women Outside, Community Plot, Homes Apart: Korea and Bittersweet Survival, the latter two made with Christine Choy. In addition to this, Takagi teaches at the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts and works with several Asian American community groups.
Filmography
2017
- Resistance at Tule Lake ... (Consulting Producer)
2007
- Banished ... (Sound)
2004
- The Rise & Fall of Penn Station ... (Sound Recordist)
2001
- The Chinatown Files ... (Sound Recordist)
1996
- It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School ... (Sound)
- The Women Outside ... (Director)
1992
- Cousin Bobby ... (Sound Mixer)
1991
- Homes Apart: Korea ... (Director)
- Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box ... (Sound)
1990
- Azul ... (Sound)
1988
- POV ... (Director)
1987
- Working Girls ... (Sound Recordist)
- Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper ... (Sound)
1985
- Namibia: Independence Now! ... (Sound)
1984
- Community Plot ... (Producer)
1982
- Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America ... (Director)
1978
- Tryptich ... (Sound)