Lane Nishikawais aJapanese Americanactor, filmmaker, playwright andperformance artistwho was born inWahiawa, Hawaii,and isSansei(third generation Japanese American).[1]His work often deals withAsian Americanhistory and identity issues. He is widely known for manyone-man shows,includingLife in the Fast Lane,I'm on a Mission From Buddha,Mifune and Meand others. In 2005 he directed and played the lead role for theindependent feature film,Only the Brave,a fictional account of the rescue of theLost Battalionby the100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team.He has also written and directed two short films about World War IIveterans,Forgotten ValorandWhen We Were Warriors.
Lane Nishikawa | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright |
Nishikawa has a long history inAsian-American theater,having served asartistic directorfor theAsian American Theater CompanyinSan Francisco,California,for 10 seasons. He was co-artistic director of theEureka Theatreand resident director at theSan Francisco Shakespeare Festival.
Honors
edit- Profiles of Excellence Award – ABC-TV
- Harvard Foundation Honoree
- Ruby Yoshino Schaar Playwright Award –National JACL
- NEASolo Performance Fellowship
Notes
edit- ^Kim, Esther. (2006).A History of Asian American Theatre,p. 162.,p. 162, atGoogle Books
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