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Dean Yamada

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a bicycle dismantled... a life retrieved.
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Jitensha (2009)
Dean Yamada is known for Cicada (2014), The Nisei Farmer (2003) and Jitensha (2009).
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    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Cicada (2014)
    Cicada
    8.0
    • Director
    • 2014
    The Nisei Farmer
    7.8
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2003
    Yûgo Sasô and Dean Yamada in Jitensha (2009)
    Jitensha
    7.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 2009
    Berliner Osten (2011)
    Berliner Osten
    Video
    • Director
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Nod (2024)
      Nod
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Halfway (2024)
      Halfway
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Natalie Wilson in Ever-Flowing (2022)
      Ever-Flowing
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Sisters (2022)
      Sisters
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Healing (2021)
      Healing
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Santiago Corbin and Sadena Corbin in Virtually the Same (2020)
      Virtually the Same
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Brendan Shannon in Caesura (2020)
      Caesura
      6.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Mallory, Los Angeles (2018)
      Mallory, Los Angeles
      7.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Little Lantern (2018)
      Little Lantern
      8.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Jarvis Greiner, Ashton Russell, Melissa May, Rachel Doperalski, Cassie Acosta, and Sara Amaya in Light (2016)
      Light
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • The Eastern Wood (2016)
      The Eastern Wood
      Short
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016
    • Brian Harmon and Shane Barbera in An American Spy (2014)
      An American Spy
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Heritage (2014)
      Heritage
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Jarvis Greiner, Ryan Printz, Jeremy Greiner, and Slater Ross in Aesthetic (2012)
      Aesthetic
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Little Red Elephant (2012)
      Little Red Elephant
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2012

    Director

    • Aji Santosa in The Dogs (2019)
      The Dogs
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Touring (2017)
      Touring
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Cicada (2014)
      Cicada
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Berliner Osten (2011)
      Berliner Osten
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Persimmon (2011)
      Persimmon
      9.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Yûgo Sasô and Dean Yamada in Jitensha (2009)
      Jitensha
      7.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Mujo no kaze: The wind of impermanence (2008)
      Mujo no kaze: The wind of impermanence
      7.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008
    • The Nisei Farmer
      7.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003

    Writer

    • Aji Santosa in The Dogs (2019)
      The Dogs
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Mujo no kaze: The wind of impermanence (2008)
      Mujo no kaze: The wind of impermanence
      7.7
      Short
      • writer
      • 2008
    • The Nisei Farmer
      7.8
      Short
      • writer
      • 2003

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    Jitensha

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