EMA RYAN YAMAZAKI // 山崎エマ

Documenatary Filmmaker
映像作家

Raised in Osaka, Japan, by a Japanese mother & British father, Ema grew up navigating between Japanese & Western cultures.
After graduating from New York University, she became the assistant to documentary mogul Sam Pollard. As an editor, her work has been shown on outlets such as HBO, PBS, CNN, and numerous festivals around the world. She also has directed TV documentaries for NHK and Al Jazeera English.
In 2017, Ema’s first feature documentary, MONKEY BUSINESS: THE ADVENTURES OF CURIOUS GEORGE’S CREATORS was released worldwide by The Orchard, after raising over $186,000 on Kickstarter. It premiered at the LA Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Nantucket Film Festival.
In 2019, Ema’s second feature documentary about the phenomenon of high school baseball in Japan, KOSHIEN: JAPAN’S FIELD OF DREAMS, premiered at DOC NYC. In 2020, the film aired on ESPN, & was released theatrically in Japan.
Ema edits her own work, & uses her unique storytelling perspective as an insider & outsider in Japan and in the US. She currently splits her base between Tokyo & New York.

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videographers

JAPAN

videographerzoo works with a wide range of videographers in Japan.
Our experienced producers, who have worked on a variety of projects from fashion films to documentaries, music videos, and corporate advertising will assign videographers for each project to create a video that meets the client's needs.
We collaborate with videographers who are based not only in Tokyo but also in other regions.

GLOBAL

videographerzoo collaborates with some of the best videographers in North America, Europe and Asia.
This allows us to be flexible when clients wish to shoot outside of Japan or work with creatives from other countries.
We are looking to expand our network of videographers in Europe and Asia.