Meet the Team

What is Japan Connects Hollywood ?

Japan Connects Hollywood is a film festival created to strengthen the two-way bridge between the Japanese and American entertainment industries through screenings of feature films, documentaries, short films, business panels, and most importantly face-to-face networking.

Meet the Team

FOUNDER

DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY

Executive Producer

THE TEAM

YUMI MONTGOMERY

Festival Director

LANA TAKEMOTO

Creative Director

YUKA SAITO

Event

MONIQUE NARBONETA

Creative

SACHIKO YAMASAKI

Event Director

JADE FRENCH

Analytics

GAI SANO

Media

CHRISTINE CHOW

Operations Director

YONI HIRSHBERG

Film Program Lead

SHILAH STANFORD

Creative

JAPAN TEAM

TOMOKO KAKIMOTO

YUMI MONTGOMERY

Festival Director

LANA TAKEMOTO

Creative

YUKA SAITO

Event

MONIQUE NARBONETA

Creative

SACHIKO YAMASAKI

Event Director

JADE FRENCH

Analytics Director

GAI SANO

Media

CHRISTINE CHOW

Operations Director

YONI HIRSHBERG

Film Program Lead

SHILAH STANFORD

Creative

Event

MANN ISHIMURA

Japan Representative

KANAE KIYONO

Operations

ADVISOR

HAYATO MITSUISHI

Festival Advisor