Gregory Hatanaka

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Gregory Hatanaka is an American filmmaker, producer, and distributor whose career bridges international film distribution and independent feature production. He is the founder of Cinema Epoch and Cineridge Entertainment, companies through which he has overseen the release and circulation of a wide range of independent and international films across theatrical and digital platforms. Hatanaka began his career in film distribution in the 1990s, working with cult and international cinema and helping introduce global genre and arthouse titles to U.S. audiences. His early work focused particularly on Asian and specialty films, reflecting a long-standing passion for drive-in cinema, action films, and unconventional storytelling. This foundation in international distribution informed his later approach as a filmmaker, blending genre tradition with stylistic experimentation. Transitioning into directing and producing his own features, Hatanaka developed a body of work that moves between action, thriller, drama, and surreal independent cinema. His films often explore themes of identity, obsession, moral ambiguity, and emotional isolation. Visually, his work combines classical influences with contemporary digital production techniques, frequently embracing tonal shifts, heightened atmosphere, and character-driven intensity. Known for maintaining close creative involvement in multiple stages of production, Hatanaka often works across development, editing, and post-production to preserve continuity of vision. His dual experience in both distribution and filmmaking provides him with a practical understanding of how independent films evolve from concept to audience. Prolific and adaptable, Hatanaka continues to develop new projects while managing an expanding catalog of independent cinema. His career reflects a sustained commitment to genre filmmaking, global film culture, and the evolving landscape of digital distribution.

Filmography

• 2026Angels of Tokyo Decadence — Producer
• 2026Bad Girl Office — Producer
• 2026Beyond Files — Director, Writer
• 2026Beyond Sasquatch — Director, Writer
• 2026Bikini Lawyer — Producer
• 2026Bikini Nurses — Producer
• 2026Bikini Office Girl — Producer
• 2026Blue Emanuelle — Producer
• 2026Body Of Nurses — Producer
• 2026Boy Of Your Dreams 2 — Producer
• 2026Jeffrey Epstein: The Bad Sleep Well — Lapatas, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2026Killer Ants — Producer
• 2026Maid Robot — Producer
• 2026Maid Robot 2 — Producer
• 2026Office Tokyo Decadence — Producer
• 2026One Hour Girlfriend — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2026Red Emanuelle — Producer
• 2026Robot Girls — Producer
• 2026Sasquatch Within — Director, Writer, Director of Photography
• 2026Say Cheese — Executive Producer
• 2026Sorority House Guillotine — Director, Writer
• 2026Sudden Light — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
• 2026Tutor Emanuelle — Producer
• 2026Vietnam: Kill Zone — Producer
• 2025A Man Is Dead — Director, Writer, Director of Photography
• 2025After Divorce — Producer
• 2025American Psychopath — Executive Co-Producer
• 2025American Scream — Producer
• 2025Amityville Chupacabra — Producer
• 2025Amityville La Llorona — Producer
• 2025Anatomy Lab — Producer
• 2025Angels in Retina — Producer
• 2025Apologize — Producer
• 2025Bad Girl School — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2025Bad Girl Sunday School — Producer
• 2025Battle Beyond Mars — Producer
• 2025Bigfoot Primal Encounter — Producer
• 2025Bikini Guillotine — Producer
• 2025Blood Rush — Producer
• 2025Blood of La Llorona — Producer
• 2025Boy of Your Dreams — Producer
• 2025Butchered by Sundown — Producer
• 2025Chupacabra vs. La Llorona — Producer
• 2025Dance the Kung Fu — Producer
• 2025Demon Spawn — Producer
• 2025Divorced — Producer
• 2025Dreams for Lease — Producer
• 2025Feral — Producer
• 2025Haunted House Movie — Producer
• 2025Kamasutra Cowgirl — Producer
• 2025La Llorona Kamasutra — Producer
• 2025Lady in the Urn — Executive Producer
• 2025Laserium — Producer
• 2025Love Hurts — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2025Love Never Leaves — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2025Paranormal Body Stream — Producer, Executive Producer, Presenter
• 2025Poison Tree — Producer
• 2025Red Static Rising — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2025Robot Girlfriend: Revenge — Producer
• 2025Saving the Alpha CEO — Producer
• 2025Shadow Death — Producer
• 2025Sorority Girl Massacre: Black Static at the Moment of Death — Producer
• 2025The Anna Game — Producer
• 2025The Centipede Strangler — Executive Producer
• 2025The Creativity Workshop — Producer
• 2025The Dead Guy — Producer
• 2025The Idaho College Killer — Producer
• 2025The Mother's Eye — Producer
• 2025Torment of the Witch — Producer
• 2025Trail Cam Sasquatch — Executive Producer
• 2024American Werewolf — Producer
• 2024Amityville Backpack — Co-Executive Producer
• 2024Blow Out — Fatalama, Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
• 2024Blue Belt — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2024Boiling Point — Writer, Director
• 2024Bolero — Cinematography, Director
• 2024Crack: Back in Da Hood — Executive Producer
• 2024Maid Droid Origins — Producer
• 2024One Million Babes BC — Executive Producer
• 2024Panic — Director, Director of Photography
• 2024Sleaze Please: The World of Bill Margold — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2024Souls of the Damned — Executive Producer
• 2024The DeMarco Crew — Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
• 2024We Are Wolves — Producer
• 2024Yakuza Girl — Takasi, Producer
• 2023Allan Quatermain and the Spear of Destiny — Executive Producer
• 2023Amityville Emanuelle — Producer, Executive Producer
• 2023Amor Emanuelle — Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2023Baby Cat — Executive Producer
• 2023Backfire — Writer, Director
• 2023Bikini Hackers — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2023Convulsion — Director, Director of Photography, Producer
• 2023Crack — Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2023Deadly Western — Director
• 2023Fatal Justice — Producer, Cinematography
• 2023Felines — Producer
• 2023Maid Droid — Producer
• 2023Mansplained — Executive Producer
• 2023Night Cops — Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022All About Araya — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022American Western — Director
• 2022Another Way To Die — Raj Sati Benefit, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022Bad Timing — Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022Call Me Emanuelle — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022Dark Deeds — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022Love Crime — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2022Wicked Game — Director of Photography, Producer
• 2021A Wiseguy Christmas — Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2021American Mobster: Retribution — Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
• 2021Amityville Cop — Director, Director of Photography, Producer
• 2021Kill Plan — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2021The Awakening of Emanuelle — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2021The Magical Christmas Tree — Producer
• 2021The Wrong Sarah — Producer
• 2020A Christmas Love — Director, Director of Photography
• 2020Acrylic — Director of Photography, Producer
• 2020As I Kiss You — Writer, Producer, Cinematography
• 2020Body of Night — Director of Photography, Producer, Story
• 2020Choke — Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
• 2020Heartbeat — Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2020Quarantine Girl — Director of Photography, Producer
• 2020Sinful — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2019Darling Nikki — Producer, Director, Writer
• 2019Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2 — Self, Producer
• 2019The Haunting of La Llorona — Producer
• 2018Death Toilet — Thanks
• 2018War Raiders — Executive Producer
• 2017Death Game — Director
• 2017Holy Terror — Director of Photography, Executive Producer
• 2016Caged Beauty — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2016Deconstructing Dunning
• 2015DV2 — Executive Producer
• 2015Hunter — Producer, Director
• 2015Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance — Richard Forst, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
• 2015Sociopathia — Executive Producer
• 2014Dv3 — Producer
• 2013Blue Dream — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2011American Nudist — Director
• 2011Violent Blue — Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 2009Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter — Producer
• 2008Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 — Co-Executive Producer
• 2006Mad Cowgirl — Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
• 2005Bar Paradise — Director
• 2004Until the Night — Director, Writer
• 2001Shadow Fury — Executive Producer
• 2000Double Deception — Executive Producer
• 1998The Terrorist — Consulting Producer