Izumi Tanaka

Current

Owner at Sunnyside Media LLC
Freelance Producer at Sunnyside Pictures
Freelance Translator at Izumi Tanaka

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Past

Director, Project Coordination at Idea Link, Inc.
Assistant Producer at Japan America Televison

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
El Camino College

Recommended

6 people have recommended Izumi

Connections

184 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

Izumi Tanaka’s Summary

Accomplished professional with diverse experience spanning over 20 years in television and documentary production with Japanese/English bilingual and bi-cultural expertise poised to take on a new challenge in an innovative medium.

QUALIFICATION

• Self-motivated and disciplined with uncompromising integrity
• Highly organized, detail oriented, and capable of multi-tasking
• Possess well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to create harmonious work relationships with colleagues and associates
• Aesthetically driven and infinitely curious
• Self-proclaimed "accidental geek" being highly proficient in Mac.

Izumi Tanaka’s Specialties:

Japanese history, culture and art.

Proficient applications:
• Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign (all CS3 - int to adv)
• Final Cut Pro (int)
• Word, Excell, PowerPoint, FileMaker Pro, Quicken (int to adv)

Favorite Photography Subjects:
• Interior, still life, landscape
• children and pets

Izumi Tanaka’s Experience

Owner

Sunnyside Media LLC

(Media Production industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

In 2007, I launched a business under Sunnyside Media LLC to integrate 20 years of my experiences, knowledge, skills, talent and network of professionals, to provide services in graphic and web designs, and other visual and audio visual projects. With my network of creative professionals we can bring visual elegance and continuity for small businesses and other creative professionals.

Services include and not limited to:
• Web development and design
• Photography & videography
• Print design
• Production support for documentary projects
Freelance Producer

Sunnyside Pictures

(Media Production industry)

1990 — Present (19 years )

Produce documentary, news magazine, news coverage and variety show projects with topics including sports, history, music, the arts, and various human-interest stories. Involvement from development; pre-production through post-production, including conceptualizing, in-depth research, budgeting, location scouting, scheduling, permit clearance, travel arrangement, production management, comprehensive interviews in Japanese and/or English, translating, transcribing, script preparation, video editing, and post production supervision.

Notable Projects:

“Pushin’ Forward” - 1999 ~ 2007, Independent documentary, Producer/director

"Nanking" – 2005 ~ 2006, Feature Documentary,
Associate Producer

"Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire" - 2002 ~ 2003, PBS Documentary,
Associate Producer

“Another Atlanta: Paralympic” – 1996, prime hour news magazine segment, “News Station,” TV Asahi
Field Producer
Freelance Translator

Izumi Tanaka

(Translation and Localization industry)

July 1986 — Present (23 years 5 months)

Provide interpreting and translation services between Japanese and English in an extensive range of fields. Interpreting services provided for business meetings, exhibitions, seminars, film/video productions, school meetings, legal and insurance procedures; and translation for business correspondences, contracts, manuals, reports, promotional materials, scripts, subtitles, literatures, etc. Services often involve cultural and language consultancy as well as research and coordination for clients.

Notable Projects:

Professional Baseball – 2001 ~ Present
Client: Arn Tellem/Sports Management, Wasserman Media Group

“Sugihara, Conspiracy of Kindness,” a documentary film – 1995

“Computers in Classrooms,” a book - 1992, NTT Press
Director, Project Coordination

Idea Link, Inc.

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 1989 — August 1992 (3 years 2 months)
Assistant Producer

Japan America Televison

(Media Production industry)

July 1987 — June 1989 (2 years )

As an assistant to the producer for a weekly news magazine, I researched for stories in current affairs, segment produced including interviews, and co-anchored the program.