KAMANAKA, Hitomi

鎌仲 ひとみ, b. 1958

Official website: http://kamanaka.com/

• a graduate of Waseda University (1984)
• after graduation Kamanaka worked as an assistant documentary director for various companies including Group Gendai and Iwanami Productions
• 1990-1995, worked and studied in Canada and the United States, initially on a grant from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs
• in the U.S. served as an activist for Paper Tiger
• upon her return to Japan in 1995 she began working as a freelance filmmaker
• has become known for her films on nuclear power and the effects of radiation.

Resources:

• Campbell, Eric. Tokyo's Anti-Nuclear Protesters. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 15 March 2011.
• Kennedy, Dana. Japan's Own Erin Brokovich Laments, "I Wish I Could Have Done More." AolNews. 18 March 2011.
• Interview with Hitomi KAMANAKA (JP)
• Q&A with director Hitomi Kamanaka. Chiasmos. 20 April 2007.
• White, Philip. Kamanaka Hitomi: Making Films that Inspire People to take Action." CNIC.