
Person
J.T. Takagi
Sound
Biography
J.T. Takagi is a third generation Japanese-American independent filmmaker who works as the Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, a media arts center in New York City. An award-winning filmmaker and sound recordist, Takagi’s directorial credits include The Women Outside, Community Plot, Homes Apart: Korea and Bittersweet Survival, the latter two made with Christine Choy. In addition to this, Takagi teaches at the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts and works with several Asian American community groups.
Known for

Point of View
Director

Working Girls
Sound Recordist

Homes Apart: Korea
Director

Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America
Director

Banished
Sound

Azul
Sound

Community Plot
Producer

The Women Outside
Director
Tryptich
Sound
The #7 Train: An Immigrant Journey
Director
Filmography
- 2017Resistance at Tule LakeConsulting Producer
- 2007BanishedSound
- 2004The Rise & Fall of Penn StationSound Recordist
- 2001The Chinatown FilesSound Recordist
- 1996The Women OutsideDirector
- 1996It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in SchoolSound
- 1992Cousin BobbySound Mixer
- 1991Stormé: Lady of the Jewel BoxSound
- 1991Homes Apart: KoreaDirector
- 1990AzulSound
- 1988Point of ViewDirector
- 1987Working GirlsSound Recordist
- 1987Langston Hughes: The Dream KeeperSound
- 1985Namibia: Independence Now!Sound
- 1984Community PlotProducer
- 1984Mississippi TriangleSound
- 1983Fei Tien: Goddess in FlightSound
- 1982Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in AmericaDirector
- 1978TryptichSound
- —The #7 Train: An Immigrant JourneyDirector
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