HOAGLUND, Linda

リンダ・ホーグランド

Official website: http://lhoaglund.com/

• born in Kyoto to American missionary parents, she attended Japanese public schools
• graduate of Yale University
• she was a bilingual news producer for Japanese television before joining an independent American film production company as a producer
• has subtitled 200+ Japanese films since 1996 including works by Akira KUROSAWA, Hayao MIYAZAKI, Nagisa OSHIMA, Kinji FUKASAKU, Kaneto SHINDO, Junji SAKAMOTO, Hirokazu KORE-EDA, and Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
• in 2004, she received a commendation from the Foreign Minister of Japan for her work promoting Japanese film abroad.
• has worked as an interpreter for many renowned artists including the kabuki actor, Kanzaburo NAKAMURA, artist Tadanori YOKO, phographer Miyako ISHIUCHI, fashion designer Issey Miyake, artist Makoto AIDA, artist Takashi MURAKAMI, novelist Natsuo KIRINO and photographers Shomei TOMATSU and Daido MORIYAMA
• as of 2015 she is working on her next documentary The Guardians of Edo Avant-garde.

Secondary Sources:

• Kelts, Roland. "The Details of Hiroshima." The New Yorker. 6 August 2013.
• Kramer, Stella. "Things Left Behind: Ishiuchi Miyako’s Hiroshima Photographs." Stella Kramer. 18 Nov. 2013.
• MaGee, Chris. "INTERVIEW: "ANPO" director Linda Hoaglund." JFilmPowwow. 12 Feb.2011.
• Shoji, Kaori. "Speaking up for the ‘divine’ but undiscussed." The Japan Times. 12 July 2007.
• Silverstein, Melissa. "DOC NYC Women Directors: Meet Linda Hoaglund." Indie Wire. 16 Nov. 2013.
• Suno, Rena. "Interview: Linda Hoaglund." J-Collabo.org. 24 April 2012.