November 21, 2005

New York screening of In-Between
at the Makor, 35 West 67th Street, 7 pm.  
RSVP to dtwiss@earthlink.net

September 2005

September 2005
In-Between was screened at the 2005 Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany.  (In fact this is where I first met Deborah Twiss in 1997, while I was promoting Hang Your Dog in the Wind and she was there for A GUN FOR JENNIFER.  Talk about coming full circle!)

June 2005

June 2005
Wrote, shot and directed audrey keiko azuma in a 72-hour period! Produced by Deborah Twiss and stars her and Jennifer Takaki.

May 2005

May 2005
First screened In-Between at the 2005 Cannes Film du Marche, part of the prestigious film festival. With no advance press and constant flyering and bothering every industry folk from around the world out on the street, in the theaters and market, we packed it into two screenings.  We did so well that Torsten Neumann invited us to his Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany.  Photo Page >

February 2005

February 2005
Post-production of In-Between.

December 2004

December 2004
Started principal shooting of In-Between, written and directed by Deborah Twiss. I'm producing  it  and ended up as the cinematographer as well.

August 2004

August 2004
Stann Nakazono was awarded the 2004 Ruby Yoshino Schaar Playwriting  award for his play, buddhaheadz.com.   The award was established in 1984 by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) to encourage talented playwrights to tell the story of the Japanese American or Japanese Canadian experience in North America.  Thank you Lillian Kimura and friends!

October  2003

October  2003
With Dom Magwili and Saachiko, wrote, shot and directed the 30-second Kiss as part of VC Digital Slam! in honor of  my longtime friend Linda Mabalot.

October 2000

Imagine my surprise when I was told that “Much Adobo About Nothing” got nominated for best independent film by aMagazine. Of course, it was way too late to let people know about voting for it; otherwise, we could’ve stuffed the ballot.

FILMMAKERS’ JOURNAL, AMMY AWARDS, Oct. 7, 2000

July 2000

AAJA 2000 CONVENTION I arrive at NYC for the second screening of first love

FILMMAKER’S JOURNAL, NEW YORK 2000