FILMOGRAPHY
Based in Japan, Deborah DeSnoo commuted on a tri-weekly basis between her LA office and her Tokyo office while working on several international endeavors with Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, France, and Canada. A multi-media performance artist and award- winning American film and theater director/ producer, writer and narrator, she produces, directs and writes critically acclaimed films and videos and has produced events for Parco and the Japanese Government
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History:
DeSnoo began her career as an actor/director in NYC. Her first trip to Japan was during her Senior year at NYU in order to spend 3 months studying Classical Japanese Dance. She returned in 1984 to study Noh with the world-famous Noh actor, Kanze Hideo. In 1985, TBS produced 我が愛東京 / I Love Tokyo, a one hour documentary featuring DeSnoo and Kanze Hideo. Working as an actress and theater director for a number of Japanese theater companies, DeSnoo holds the distinction of being the first foreign director invited to join Japan Directors’ Association.

She began working in film as second unit director and producer-in-Japan with Producer/ Director Lesli Linka Glatter for “TALES OF MEETING AND PARTINGS” , a short film that was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD IN 1985.

Honored with a fellowship from the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, in 1994 DeSnoo produced, directed, and wrote CORPORATE WARRIOR, a short film on interracial marriage which has been screened worldwide and featured in a special report on NHK World News DeSnoo entered the international documentary scene when she partnered
with award winning film maker, Lyn Goldfarb to co-produce, co-direct and co- write JAPAN: MEMOIRS OF A SECRET EMPIRE, a three-part film series for PBS.

The Japan Foundation Grant, 2002-2003
*Nomination: IDA Limited Series Award 2004

In 2006-2010 she partnered with NHK producer Takahiro Hamano to write, produce and direct SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET / 異界百物語. a cross platform documentary / drama production which explores the history of Japan`s supernatural culture and its influence on the genre of J-Horror. The International version was broadcast in April of 2010 and was chosen as one of NHK’s 10 best documentaries of the year.

The Japan Foundation Grant, 2008-2009
Leid Film Festival

GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY NEWS with translation and English script by DeSnoo for NHK International was awarded an INTERNATIONAL EMMY in 2012.

Hip Korea: Lee Byung Hun
Director
Seoul Savvy featuring Korean international film star, Lee Byung Hun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQrDEIigaqg)

Hip Korea: Rain
Director
Seoul Vibes featuring Korean pop star, Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Zr1BAO3ZU
Nominated for 4th Division in Asia Television Awards 2009
Best Director Award
Best Cross-Platform Content Award – Winner
Best Music Award – Special Mention
Best Infotainment Award – Special Mention
DISCOVERY CHANNEL (150 Countries)

NHK Educational: BODYPEDIA, (2017 – 2021) 35 Episodes
NARRATION and Script Consultant
the NHK children’s series narrated by DeSnoo was awarded Best
Children’s Program at the Asian TV Awards for 2019 and the “Bronze”
Film Lions: Social Behavior & Cultural Insight at the Cannes Lions
International Festival of Creativity, 2019
https://www.asiantvawards.com/winners/2019-winners/ (英語)

2023
ADR DIRECTOR AND ENLISH SCRIPT REWRITER
Somewhere Street Series: 100 episodes…
NHK WORLD (2014 – 2023)

2022
NHK World Television
Poet of the Piano
On a Journey to Chopin’s Mallorca
TRANSLATION
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3016137/
Kubota
SCRIPT, RESEARCH AND DIRECTING MAIN INTERVIEW IN US
Short film
August – October 2022
TATA ELXSI Project
CO-ORDINATION IN JAPAN on project for APPLE

January – June
2021-2022
Samurai Art Museum Berlin
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR in Japan
Green screened films of Noh actors on a Tokyo Noh Stage in for a VR
performance exhibition

2020
TATA ELXSI
Co-ordination for Tata Elxsi Project in Japan

October 2020
NDA
芸団協 (geidankyou)
TRANSLATION 
Translation for a film segment explaining Japanese Classical Dance
Translation for a series of 11 short films on the Japanese traditional
arts

August – December 2020
Geidankyo is a public interest incorporated association representing
performers organizations and their individual members. It was
established in 1965 to contribute to the development of the performing
arts. It has managed performers’ neighboring rights collectively as well
as promoting a variety of performing arts activities based on three
concept; making an arrangement for enriching a cycle of creation,
cultivating bearers of the future of performing arts, and creating chances
for developing performing arts.

2019
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D C
DIRECTOR
In October 2019, DeSnoo also directed a short film on Japan’s first
female photojournalist, Tsuneko Sasamoto for the National Gallery of Art,
Washington that will be part of an exhibition entitled THE NEW WOMEN
BEHIND THE CAMERA. The exhibition is scheduled to be presented at
the National Gallery from September 20, 2020 to January 31, 2021 and
at the Metropolitan Museumof Art from March 15 to July 18 th , 2021.
「しげる　my friend」
　　 By 川平 慈英
TRANSLATION
In April of 2019, Deborah translated a short biography written by the
Okinawan born actor Jay Kawabira

2018
ATEF HALIM: Concert Drone Opener 2018
Director
https://vimeo.com/303693170
DRONE Shots…
INSIDE LENS: Women Do SUSHI Too / 2018
Producer/Director/Script
https://vimeo.com/ddesnoo/https-women-do-sushi-too
Password: women
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/lens/430_28.html

TV Series for Netflix (UGLY DELICIOUS Feb. 2018)
Fixer in Japan
Photo Shoot for Apple (Fall 2017)
Production and management
Nissan / Tata – CM

2016
Director & Producer/ Production Co-ordination
Inside Lens: Road to Re-Election

2016&2015
Director. Producer, Script
NHK World
Journeys in Japan: Iwate: Savoring Winter

2015年2月24日　放送
Producer, Director, Script
NHK World
Journeys in Japan: Iwate: Road to Recovery
2014年8月5日　放送
Producer / Director, Producer, Director
NHK World
The Future of Spaceship Earth
A four-part series for NHK with Winona Ryder
broadcast November 2013 – January 2014
Co-director and English scripts for Green Screen
http://www.nhk.or.jp/co-pro/e/past/detail_20131129.html
Translation, English Script Rewrite
Kids Survival School
March 2014 3-part series
Co-Director and English Script Rewrites

NHK
The Future of Spaceship Earth ( a four part series)
Broadcast date: January 24, 2014

Translation, English Script Rewrite
Cambria Palace
Ryu Murakami Talking Live
September 2013
Translation, English Script Rewrites
Shinsai Mirai ( a 3 part series)
NHK International

Last Artisans:
Make `em Laugh, the story of the Male Geisha
Script/ Director
The Poetry of Puppetry – Otome Bunraku.
NHK World
Script/ Director
2011

Producer, Director, Writer
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2011: The Takeri Launch
MAZDA
REDWOOD
December 2011
2 nd Unit Direction

Storyhouse Productions
Pro 7, Germany
March 2011

Translation, English Rewrite, ADR Director
FEAST OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY
Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring
NHK International
December 2011

Translation, English Rewrite, ADR Director
みんな一人じゃないからな
TOGETHER WE FIND TOMORROW:
NHK International
November 2011
Translation, English Rewrite

私が日本に残る理由～大震災・あるバングラデシュ人日～
BEYOND THE EARTHQUAKE: One Bangladeshi’s Story
NHK Enterprise
September 2011
Translation, English Rewrite
ふるさと発「原爆棄民」～韓国人被爆者の６５年～
THE FORSAKEN ONES
Korean A-Bomb Survivors 65 Years After Hiroshima
NHK International
NHK World TV
August 2011
Translation, English Rewrite
「うちは、一人じゃない」英語字幕　気になった箇所
I’M NOT ALONE
NHK Educational
Festival Submission
June 2011
English Script Rewriter

A MARVELOUS VOICE
A famous Korean tenor loses his voice due to cancer and
struggles to find his voice again.
NHK Hi Vision (90 minute)
January 2008

Location Manager and Co-ordination in Japan
Life After People (series)
HISTORY CHANNEL
Flight 33
Japan Fixer
Location Manager and Japan Production Manager
NINJAS for Galileo Mystery`
Secrets of the mysterious Ninja.
Story House Productions
Pro 7, Germany
2007
Celebrity Appearance with Maneki (cat) and Bubba (cat)

PET SODAN
NHK BS2
June 20, June 23 2006
Co- Navigator (Program host)

JAZZ LOVE NOTES PREMIUM
Eight part series of Jazz for BS Nihon TV
2004
The Japan Foundation Grant, 2002-2003
*Nomination: IDA Limited Series Award 2004

Co- Navigator (Program host)

JAZZ LOVE NOTES PREMIUM
Eight part series of Jazz for BS NIHON TV
2003

Scriptwriter, Producer
Featuring Noriko Sakai
An animation series – 10 episodes of Japanese folk tales in English and
Japanese.
Plug-In, Inc., World Entertainment, Inc, King Records Video package (5
volumes)
2002年～2003年

Producer, director
“Caroline and Friends”
Animation of the Caroline series, a best-selling picture book created in
France.
24 episodes in Japanese and English. Video package (12 volumes)
Plug-In, TDK
Producer, director, screenplay
“What is Your Preference?”
A 5-episode parody cable TV cooking show.
Plug-in, Striped House Museum Digital video series
2000年

Producer, director
“Sumida Has Heart”
A documentary video commissioned by Sumida Ward, Tokyo.
It was distributed on the FASHION TOWN EXPO and Sumida Ward
websites.
1999年
Production & Co-ordination in Japan
『REAL SEX』
HBO Broadcast
1996年秋
Production Management and Translation
『Without Barriers or Borders』（監督：Lyn Goldfarb）
PEOPLE IN MOTION II シリーズ
WNET for PBS
1996年4月放映
Associate Producer & Script
『ACROSS THE PACIFIC 』
1995
『CORPORATE WARRIOR／企業戦士』
AFI、Directing Workshop for WomenのNarrative Short
Director
TDK VIDEO PACKAGE ( 20 )
TDK
1993年～1994
全20巻
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATION AND TRANSLATION、
MARTHA GRAHAM』（監督：伊藤光一）
NHK
1991
Director, Translation and Narration、
『FOLK TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD』
Kodansha Cable TV
制作：講談社、Daks
1989～1991 20 vdeos

Director

The Little Mermaid (Japanese)
Disney and Kodansha
1987年
Narration
Maurice BejartsTHE KABUKI`』
NHK
1986 International Emmy Award
Outstanding Achievement in the Performing Arts
Assistant Director
TV Commercial for Toshiba
1986年放映