Kimi Takesue is a filmmaker based
in New York City. She is the recipient
of a Guggenheim Fellowship in
Filmmaking. Her award-winning films
SUSPENDED
(2008), E=NYC2 (2005)
SUMMER OF THE SERPENT (2004),
HEAVEN'S CROSSROAD (2002),
ROSEWATER (1999) and BOUND (1995)
have been televised in the U.S. and have
screened at over 200 film festivals and
museums, including the Rotterdam
International Film Festival, Locarno
International, Vancouver International,
Seattle International, the Walker Art Center,
and the Institute of Contemporary Art in London.
Takesue has been awarded fellowships
from the Rockefeller Foundation,
New York
Foundation for the Arts,
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,
Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony.
Her films have received numerous honors
including the SPIRIT OF SLAMDANCE AWARD,
Slamdance Film Festival; GRAND JURY PRIZE,
Brooklyn International Film Festival;
JURORS' CHOICE AWARD,
Black Maria Film & Video Festival;
BEST DOCUMENTARY,
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema;
Brno International Film Festival,
Czech Republic; and the GOLDEN REEL:
NEW VISIONS AWARD,
Los Angeles Asian International.
The New York State Council on the Arts,
The Arts Council of England,
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,
WNET-13, WYBE-35, Philadelphia Foundation,
and the National Asian American
Telecommunications Association
are among organizations that have
funded her work.
Takesue has produced
and directed
commercials for
Arnold Worldwide
and television
programming for A&E Network
and PBS, including
episodes of
THE FIRST 48.
Raised in Hawaii and Massachusetts,
Takesue received her B.A. from Oberlin College
in Cultural Studies and her M.F.A. in Media Arts
from Temple University. She was the recipient
of the Eastman Kodak National Scholarship
in Cinematography. Takesue is currently
developing a feature-length film project.
Her films are distributed by Women Make Movies
and Kimikat Productions.
