Meet the Emerging Radiance Team

Tani Ikeda

Tani Ikeda is a 4th generation Japanese American Emmy award-winning documentary director and augmented reality artist. She is a Sundance Fellow, Tribeca grantee, and Stanford artist in residence. Her work is a love letter to the resilience of her elders and future generations.

Michelle Kumata

Michelle Kumata is a 3.5 generation Japanese American artist influenced by heritage, identity and legacy. Her current work focuses on sharing Nikkei stories with a wider audience as a way to stake our place, inform, engage, inspire, and connect.

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Mural

Michelle Kumata, Artist
Lele Barnett, Curator
Dina Pugh, Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Executive Producer
Tani Ikeda, Executive Producer
Dominic Nieri, Producer
Alice Ito, Community Advisor
Amy Hirotaka, Community Advisor
Beth Takekawa, Community Advisor
David Neiwert, Community Advisor
Ed Suguro, Community Advisor
Heather Trescases, Community Advisor
Jessica Rubenacker, Community Advisor
Kim Muromoto, Jr., Community Advisor
Ty Matsuoka, Community Advisor
Victor Mizumori, Art Advisor
Erin Shigaki Ito, Art Advisor
MARK Hirotaka, Art Advisor
Mari Shibuya, Art Advisor
Michelle Miller, Art Advisor
Ben Kumata, Mural Assistant
Gerald Kumata, Mural Assistant
Jana Nishi Yuen, Mural Assistant
Saya Moriyasu, Mural Assistant

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Augmented Reality

Tani Ikeda, Director
Michelle Kumata, Executive Producer
Simone Ling, Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Executive Producer
Tom Ikeda, Executive Producer
Annie Pomeranz, Producer
Freddie Sulit, Producer
Debra Webb, Assoicate Producer
Kevin Tsukii, Associate Producer
Yuliya Bruk, Associate Producer
Farhez Rayani, Creative Director
Patrick Weishampel, Creative Director
Christin Smolinski, Animator
Antoinette Bumatay, Technical Artist
Olivia Guethling, Technical Artist
Zachary Marlow-McCarthy, Technical Artist

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Virtual Reality

Tani Ikeda, Director
Robin Stethem, Producer
Alex Hessler, Producer
Annie Pomeranz, Producer
Adam Madojemu, Associate Producer
Colin Northway, Associate Producer
Freddie Sulit, Associate Producer
Farhez Rayani, VFX Supervisor
Olivia Guethling, Concept Artist
Christin Smolinski, Animator
Stephen Gray, Lead Engineer
Antoinette Bumatay, Technical Artist
Lindsay Jorgensen, Technical Artist
Zachary Marlow-McCarthy, Technical Artist

Installation

Michelle Kumata, Artist
Jennie Lamensdorf, Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Executive Producer
Tani Ikeda, Executive Producer
Debra Webb, Producer
Dominic Nieri, Producer
Kristen Leung, Producer
Yuliya Bruk, Producer
Adetola Abatan, Associate Producer
Anna Czoski, Associate Producer
Jerry Chihara, Architect
Steve Skonieczny, Builder
Jana Nishi Yuen, Painting Assistant
Luiza Dale, Exhibition Communications Design
Anna Bruemmer, Communications
Kana Hammon, Communications
Amanda Feng, Communications
Kellee Matsushita, Programs
Maggie Azary, Social Media
Maya Siegel, Social Media

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Film

Tani Ikeda, Director
Dominic Nieri, Executive Producer/Editor
Michelle Kumata, Executive Producer
Tamar Benzikry, Executive Producer
Tom Ikeda, Executive Producer
Sara Lazkani, Producer
Yuliya Bruk, Producer/Co-Editor
David Benhaim, Associate Producer/Camera

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Web

Tani Ikeda, Creative Director
Michelle Kumata, Executive Producer
Michael Huang, Producer
Pari Gabriel, Web Developer
Richard Saethang, Web Developer
Patrick Weishampel, Designer
Kana Hammon, Copy Writer

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Seed Packers

Amanda Feng
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Ben Kumata
Chris Long
Diane Qi
Edgar Ortega
Gaylen Akira
Jana Nishi Yuen
Lele Barnett
Michelle Kumata
Paula Wong
Tamar Benzikry
Tani Ikeda
Tiffany Chao
Edgar Ortega
Yuliya Bruk

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