Desmond Nakano
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Born |
1953 United States |
Occupation | Film director, Screenwriter, Film score composer, Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Desmond Nakano (born in 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, film score composer, and actor. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films, White Man's Burden (1995)[1] and American Pastime (2007).[2] His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989),[3] American Me (1992),[4] White Man's Burden, and American Pastime.
References
- ↑ Wilmington, Michael. Reversal of Fortune Drives "Heady" Burden, Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1, 1995, 7D.
- ↑ Wallace, Bruce. Movies; Barracks and Baseball in the Utah Desert; In American Pastime, West Coast Japanese Interned During World War II Take to the Field in a Struggle for Dignity, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2007, E8.
- ↑ Canby, Vincent. Review/ Film; A Brutal, Elegiac Last Exit, Unrelieved by Hope, New York Times, May 2, 1990, C15.
- ↑ Turan, Kenneth. Movie Review; American Me Delivers, Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1992, F1.
External links
- Desmond Nakano at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview by Bruce Dancis about "American Pastime" on PopMatters site
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