Biography

Anne Misawa grew up in Hawaii.  Having graduated from University of Southern California’s Graduate Film and Television Program, she has worked internationally in various aspects of film production.  Her primary work is as a Director of Photography and as a Director. 

Her work as cinematographer include many award-winning films:

Treeless Mountain, (directed by So Yong Kim, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and New Directors/ New Films, 2008), Time Out, (directed by Xelinda Yancy, executive produced by John Singleton, HBO Award, 2004), SALT, (directed by Bradley-Rust Gray, Caligari Award for Innovative Filmmaking at Berlin International Film Festival, 2003), and Liv, (directed by Edoardo Ponti, executive produced by Robert Altman and Michaelangelo Antonioni, Venice International Film Festival, 1998). 

Directorial credits include:

Waking Mele, (Sundance Film Festival, 2000), andEden’s Curve, (Emerging Film Best Feature Award, NCGLFF, 2003). Anne also teaches cinematic production at the Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawai’i where she produced & directed the feature length documentary, State of Aloha, (Halekulani Golden Orchid Award Nominee for Best Documentary at Hawaii International Film Festival, 2009).