Robert Akira Nakamura (July 5, 1936 – June 11, 2025) was an American filmmaker and teacher, sometimes referred to as "the Godfather of Asian American media". In 1970, he cofounded Visual Communications (VC), the oldest community-based Asian Pacific American media arts organization in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert A. Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2009A Song For Ourselves — Executive Producer
• 2007Pilgrimage
• 2002Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray — Director
• 2002Words, Weavings, and Songs — Executive Producer
• 2001Harsh Canvas: The Art & Life of Henry Sugimoto — Producer
• 1996Looking Like the Enemy — Director
• 1995Something Strong Within — Director
• 1984Mississippi Triangle — Director, Additional Sound Re-Recordist
• 1980Hito Hata: Raise the Banner — Writer, Director
• 1976Wataridori: Birds of Passage — Director
• 1975Chinatown 2-Step — Producer
• 1975Cruisin' J-Town — Producer
• 1974Pieces of a Dream — Director of Photography
• 1973To Be Me, Tony Quon — Producer
• 1972Manzanar — Self - Narrator, Director, Writer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2025Third Act — Self