- Cannes Young Director Award winner Hoku Uchiyama is a lover of fantasy films, horror and animation. His directing work has garnered tens of millions of online views and has been screened in festivals in the US, Europe and Asia. The work has also been featured at the LA County Museum of Art and in a series produced by the Modern Art museum Centre Pompidou of Paris.
Hoku broke ground with his award winning music video for Jason Webley and Amanda Palmer's "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?" He and his sometimes directing partner, Adam Bolt, have made a name crafting high energy, fun, technical commercials under the moniker "Hoku & Adam." Their clients include Starbucks, Google, Lenovo and FedEx. They've also created award winning spots for National Geographic, Wilkinson Sword (by animating facial hair) and YouTube (using 18 styles of animation in one film).
Their 2020 music video for Katy Perry's "Harleys in Hawai'i" won the Webby People's Voice Award for Best Music Video.
Hoku also directed the 2014 documentary "Upaj: Improvise" which was broadcast nationally in the US on PBS World.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hoku Uchiyama
- 2nd place winner at the 2003 Cannes Young Director Awards for his drunk driving P.S.A.
- Webby People's Voice Award (2021) for Best Music Video: Katy Perry's "Harleys in Hawai'i".
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