Stephen Takashima is an award-winning director and editor working out of Los Angeles. With a human-centric approach to storytelling and a knack for blending genres, he has crafted work that has gone onto play at Oscar-qualifying film festivals such as the Chicago International Film Festival and Hollyshorts.
He recently completed post production on his first feature film, "Don't Kill My Vibe", which will be premiering later this year on the film festival circuit.
Stephen was most recently selected as the 2026 Eric Zumbrunnen editing fellow, which you can read about here.