MASASHI NAGADOI

Tokyo-born, MASASHI NAGADOI, received a B.A. in International Studies and Economics & Business from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and was inducted into the International Economics
Honor Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon) in 1987. He was a business consultant for the firm of Ernst & Young in Los Angeles before attending UCLA's Graduate Film School.

Masashi completed the Spanish Language and Cultural Program in Guadalajara, Mexico in the Summer of 1985 and went on to England and France where he studied European art, specializing in Impressionism and architecture. An avid Rugby player, he was selected for the All-Minnesota Rugby Football team in 1986 and 1987 and competed in the Mid-West National Championship.

He received the Master of Fine Arts degree from UCLA in 1994 and was honored with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Award. Masashi has directed a short film and promotional videos and has produced numerous television shows, documentaries, commercials and multimedia projects for the Japanese market. Currently, he is developing several documentary and feature film projects.

FILM/VIDEOGRAPHY - AS DIRECTOR

MOMENT CAFE (also produced, wrote and edited)
35mm Dramatic Short; 1998

UCLA PROMOTIONAL VIDEO (also edited)
UCLA Office of Advertising/Tourism, 1994

MY MOTHER'S SAKHALIN (also produced, written and edited)
Video Documentary - UCLA thesis, 1993
Finalist, Long Island Film & Video Festival, 1994

TIME TRIP (also edited)
Experimental Video, 1993
Broadcast on CUNY Cable TV/New York; June 1994
Showcased at Asian Pacific Videoscape/New York; June 1994

SAMURAI SALESMAN (also produced, written and edited)
16 mm Dramatic Short, 1992
Broadcast on Century Cable Television/L.A. November 1994
Finalist, Film Front National Student Film Festival/October 1993

TIME LAPSE (also edited)
Experimental Video, 1990
Showcased at Freewave Video Festival/Los Angeles; 1991
Showcased at UCLA Film Festival/Los Angeles; June 1990

FOREIGN ACCENT (also edited)
Video Documentary, 1989

EDUCATION:

1994 M.F.A., UCLA Graduate Film School, Los Angeles, California
Major: Production in Film and Television (G.P.A. 3.98)
Honors and Recipient of the MPAA Award, 1992
Activities: Representative of Cineco Film Organization, 1990

1987 B.A., Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Majors: Economics/Business, and International Studies (G.P.A. 3.26)
Honors and International Economics Honor Society, 1986-87
Activities: (Omicron Delta Epsilon)
General Foods Scholarship, 1986-87