Matthew Hashiguchi-Boston based Documentary Filmmaker and Media Artist.

Photo Restoration: My Papa in Italy

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:45:47 +0000

Porter Sessions: Paul Nelson “I’m Broken”

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:15:07 +0000

Filmed this music video for Paul Nelson during a St. Patrick’s Day party in East Boston with Lee Strauss, Patrick Brysh and Jon Brysh. Directed by CJ Strauss.

American Documentary Film Fund

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:11:40 +0000

I had a great time at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs, CA. I met awesome people, saw great movies and was generally blown away by how welcoming and friendly everyone was.

Unfortunately, Family 8655 was not one of the films that received a funding award. Regardless, all of the eight films included in the fund were worthy of funding. I was honored to just be invited to the pitch session.

Met the ugliest dog in the world.

Reginald Pollack Studio

Oliver Stone accepts an award

Yutaka Kobayashi: Japanese Internment

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:12:48 +0000

Andrea Morales and I interviewed and photographed the first person for our Japanese American Internment Camp project series.

We spoke with Yutaka Kobayashi, who lives in Wellesley, MA and is originally from San Francisco, CA. Yutaka was 18 years old when he and his family were sent into the Internment Camps. Ten months into incarceration, he was allowed to leave camp and attend college. He studied bio-chemistry, eventually obtaining a PhD in his field.

Yutaka now spends much of his time playing tennis. He is ranked #1 by the USTA in the 85+ age group.

We’re still working on footage and editing, we will have some work to show within the next month.

AC 360° study: African-American children more optimistic on race than whites

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:12:03 +0000

AC 360° study: African-American children more optimistic on race than whites

American Documentary Film Fund Pitch Session

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:27:23 +0000

I was invited to pitch FAMILY 8655 at the American Documentary Film Fund Pitch Session on March 29 in Palm Springs, CA. I’m thrilled for this opportunity. But having never gone to a pitch session, I don’t really know what to expect. Either way, it will be a great experience that could possibly result in funding!

Edmundo: Row6 Profile

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:01:31 +0000

A profile of Brazilian fisherman Edmundo for Row6.com.

Shot and edited by myself and Nathaniel Hansen.

Gold Circle Award from The Caucus Foundation

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:35:44 +0000

Hello!

I’ve got some great news. Co-Director Elaine McMillion and I were in Los Angeles this weekend for The Caucus Foundation Awards Dinner. The Caucus gave us a grant last year for The Lower 9.

To our surprise, we were given another award for The Lower 9, the Gold Circle Award. This award includes a $20,000 post-production package from the Hollywood based company HTV/illuminate and will be applied to our next film. So awesome!

Thank you again for all your support. We’re waiting to hear back from film festivals and will let you know once we know.

Here’s an article on the awards dinner from The Hollywood Reporter.

Matthew Hashiguchi

Boston Globe Video

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:20:07 +0000

I took my first look at Boston Globe’s video output. I was told they’re trying to improve their online video content so I wanted to see what they’re up to; I was intrigued but not impressed.

They had a 20/20 style interview with a Globe reporter on Catherine Greig (Whitey Bulger’s girlfriend). I was really interested in the topic of Catherine Greig but wasn’t impressed with the production of the video. It had bad lighting, really bad audio and a black background that made the individuals on screen look as if they were floating in space.

I like the effort to improve their video content, but I’d expect better quality from The Boston Globe. Would they run an article with an overwhelming amount of misspelled words? No. So why run a video with poor quality?

Brazil: For Row6.com

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:21:47 +0000

Nathaniel Hansen and I went on a month long, world-shoot this past summer. We filmed in Brazil, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa for The Joseph Campbell Foundation and the UN Global Partnership Forum.

This is our film from Brazil on a fisherman named Edmundo.