Motomura
Media was founded by Chikara Motomura. Chikara,
a Japanese native, began working in TV/film in
New York City in the late 1980s, where he
worked as Director, Production Coordinator and
Researcher for the well-known Japanese
production company, Telecom Japan. He
spent five years in Hawaii at KIKU TV as
Producer/Director on documentaries and
commercials. Here he also produced a
number of training videos for DFS Hawaii, the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and the University of
Hawaii.
In 1997, after moving to the San Francisco Bay area, Chikara began collaborating with Rob Nilsson, a Berkeley-based Sundance/Cannes award-winning filmmaker. With Rob, he helped create 14 independent films serving as Producer, Cinematographer, Location Sound Mixer and Editor. For the last 15 years Chikara has continued to work for Japanese television networks as a freelance Director. Currently, Chikara also works at Link TV as the Editor/Cameraman for Mosaic Intelligence Report, a news analysis program on the Middle East. He has recently finished editing On The Starting Line, an independent feature produced by LinV Films.