The Filmmakers - Emiko Omori

Emiko Omori
Producer and Director
RIPE FOR CHANGE

Emiko Omori is a highly regarded cinematographer, writer, and director. At the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, she won the Best Documentary Cinematography Award for two films: her own, Rabbit In The Moon, (also the recipient of a National EMMY) and Barbara Sonneborn’s Academy Award nominated Regret To Inform. Omori was Director and Writer of Hot Summer Winds, AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE and KCET; and The Departure, a short narrative film. She was Series Producer for Pacific Diaries, a production of Pacific Islanders in Communications; Producer/Director for Tattoo City, a documentary on the art of Japanese-style tattooing; and Producer/Director for Skin Stories, broadcast on PBS. Omori’s current project, The Technology of Orgasm, is in production for an early 2006 release.