Bio

RESUME

MAKO KAMITSUNA
EDITOR.....AVID MEDIA COMPOSER + FINAL CUT PRO 

Member of Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE 700


FILM & TV

 

RENFIELD - feature | Universal - 2023
EPs: David Alpert, Brian Furst, Sean Furst, Robert Kirman, Chris McKay, Samantha Nisenboim
Director: Chris McKay

Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez

 

PIECES OF HER - Series | Netflix - 2022
EPs: Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Charlotte Stoudt, Janice Williams
Director: Minkie Spiro

Starring: Toni Collette, Bella Heathcote, Jessica Barden, Omari Hardwick, David Wenham

 

TOKYO VICE - Series | HBO Max - 2022
EPs: John Lesher, Alan Poul, J.T. Rogers, Michael Mann
Director: Michael Mann (pilot)

Starring: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller

 

PERRY MASON  - Series | HBO Max - 2020
EPs: Robert Downey, Jr., Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell, Ron Fitzgerald, Rolin Jones,
Director: Tim Van Patten

Starring: Matthew Rhys, John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Lili Taylor

 

ALL DAY AND A NIGHT - Feature | Netflix - 2020
Producer: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Jared Goldman
Director: Joe Robert Cole

Starring: Ashton Sanders, Jeffrey Wright, Kelly Jenrette, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

 

THE LAST THING HE WANTED - Feature | Netflix - 2019
Producer: Cassian Elwes, Dee Rees
Director: Dee Rees

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Rosie Perez, Toby Jones

 

SAMURAI MARATHON 1855 - Feature | GAGA - 2019
Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Toshiaki Nakazawa
Director: Bernard Rose

Starring: Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Naoto Takenaka, Mirai Moriyama

 

WESTWORLD (Second Season) - TV | HBO -  2018
Producer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Jerry Weintraub
Director: Jonathan Nolan, Frederick E.O. Toye

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton

 

HERE AND NOW - TV | HBO - 2017
Producer: Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi, David Knoller
Director: Jeremy Podeswa, Lisa Cholodenko, Minkie Spiro

Starring: Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Sosie Bacon, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee

  

CITY OF LIES - Feature | Global Road -  2017
Producer: Miriam Segal, Paul Brennan
Director: Brad Furman

Starring: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker

 

MUDBOUND Feature | Netflix -  2017
Producer: Kim Roth, Charles King, Cassian Elwes
Director: Dee Rees

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Sundance Film Festival 2017

 

BLACKHAT - Feature | Universal -  2014
Executive Producer: Eric McLeod, Alex Garcia
Producer: Michael Mann, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni 
Director:
Michael Mann
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, We
i Tang, Viola Davis

 

JACKIE & RYAN - Feature -  2014
Executive Producer: Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia
Producer: Molly Hassell, Ami Canaan Mann 
Director: Ami Canaan Mann

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall, Ryan Bingham

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Venice Film Festival 2014

 

ANESTHESIA - Feature -  2014
Producer: Julie Buck, Josh Hetzler, Christopher J. Scott
Director: Tim Blake Nelson

Starring: Sam Waterson, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams, Gretchen Mol, Tim Blake Nelson

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Tribeca Film Festival 2015

 

THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT Feature – 2013
Executive Producer: Robert Ogden Barnum, Kirk D'Amico, Daniel Wagner
Producer: Todd J. Labarowski, Michael Wrenn
Director: David Burris 
Starring: Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Adelaide Clemens, Minka Kelly, Steve Earle

 

WILDLIKE Feature – 2013
Executive Producer: Christine Vachon
Producer: Julie Christeas, Schuyler Weiss, Joseph Stephans
Director: Frank Hall Green 
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty, Ann Dowd

 

PARIAH Feature | Focus Features – 2011
Producer: Nekisa Cooper
Director: Dee Rees

Starring: Adepero Oduye, Purnell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell

WINNER | John Cassavetes Award, Independent Spirits Award 2012
OFFICIAL SELECTION | Sundance Fim Festival 2011

  

BROOKLYN LOBSTER Feature – 2006
Producer: Darren Jordan, Chris Valentino, Kevin Jordan
Director: Kevin Jordan

Starring: Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Heather Burns

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Toronto Int'l Film Festival 2005
OFFICIAL SELECTION | Tribeca Film Festival 2005

 

DOCUMENTARY 

WE ARE X - Feature Documentary | Passion Pictures – 2015
Producer: John Battsek, Diane Becker
Director: Stephen Kijak

WINNER | Special Jury Award for Best Editing, Sundance Film Festival 2016
WINNER | Audience Award for Best Title Design, SXSW Film Festival 2016

 

WITNESS - TV | HBO – 2012 
Executive Producer: Michael Mann, David Frankham 
Director: David Frankham, Abadallah Omeish

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Venice Film Festival 2012

 

2501 MIGRANTS - Feature Documentary – 2008 
Executive Producer: Rockefeller Foundation
Director: Yolanda Cruz

WINNER | Best Feature Documentary, International Festival en Corno 2009

 

INSIDE THE TALIBAN - TV | National Geographic – 2007 
Producer: National Geographic Television
Director: David Keane

 

ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB - Feature Documentary – 2004
Producer: Mary Becker, Holly Becker
Director: Carey McKenzie
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Warren Fischer

WINNER | Sterling Award, AFI/SilverDocs 2004
WINNER | Audience Award, Bologna Human Rights Film Festival 2005

WINNER | Audience Award, Cinema Paradise Festival 2004
OFFICIAL SELECTION | Tribeca Film Festival 2004

 
NARRATIVE SHORT
 

THE LULL BREAKER - Narrative Short -  2013
Production: Film Houston, Toronto Int'l Film Festival Talent Lab
Producer: Denise Plumb, Kathy Horan, Janine Giaime

Writer-Director-Editor: Mako Kamitsuna

TOP FIVE FINALISTS | TIFF/RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition 2013

 

SHE, WHO EXCELS IN SOLITUDE - Narrative Short -  2012
Production: Film Houston, American Film Institute
Producer: Ralf Weinfurtner 
Writer-Director-Editor: 
Mako Kamitsuna

 

KATYA Narrative Short -  2011
Production: Film Houston
Producer: Erin Sweeney 
Writer-Director-Editor: Mako Kamitsuna

  
 

EDUCATION

New York University Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film - M.F.A. Film
Columbia University - B.A. Philosophy

2017 The 20th Century Fox Bridge Program Fellowship
2012 Toronto Int'l Film Festival (TIFF) Talent Lab Fellowship
2011 AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Fellowship
2009 Film Independent Project: Involve Fellowship


SPECIAL SKILL

Bilingual (English/Japanese)
Sound Design
Photography
Motorcycling
Scriptwriting

 


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