"Media Strategy and Web Engagement for Documentaries" with Maikiko James
Department: Film and Media Studies
Date and Time: May 15, 2014 | 2:00 PM-3:30 PMEvent Location: HICF 100K
Event Details
The UC Irvine Departments of Asian American Studies and Film and Media Studies present
“Media Strategy and Web Engagement for Documentaries”
with Maikiko James
Thursday, May 15, 2014
2:00-3:20 pm
HICF 100K
Free and open to the public
Presented as part of Flm&Mda 130/AsianAm 163 "Asian American Women's Film"
Makiko James is a media strategist, actor, writer, and 15 year nonprofit professional (she started sophomore year of high school). She spent six years with Active Voice, a national organization tackling social issues through the creative use of film, where she coordinated on multiple social engagement campaigns including those of Food Inc., Welcome to Shelbyville, Gideon's Army, Kids for Cash, among others. She acted as a Special Project Advisor on documentary Seeking Asian Female, and co-producer of its sister web project, theyreallsobeautiful.com. Most recently, she's joined the staff of Women In Film LA, whose mandate is to ensure gender parity for women in entertainment leadership, and to preserve the legacies of all women within the media industries. An Upright Citizens Brigade and Groundlings trained improviser, you can see her perform monthly with her teams, Room to Improv and Solid Sevens, around LA. Maikiko holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.