Philip Kan Gotanda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Philip Kan Gotanda
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Dec 17, 1951(1951-12-17)
Age	73
Birthplace	Stockton
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Philip Kan Gotanda Biography

Philip Kan Gotanda is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on December 17, 1951 in Stockton, California, United States. Philip Kan Gotanda (born December 17, 1951) is an American playwright and filmmaker and a third generation Japanese American. Much of his work deals with Asian American issues and experiences.

Philip Kan Gotanda Net Worth

Philip Kan Gotanda is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philip Kan Gotanda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Awards Gotanda has received include the Guggenheim, Pew Trust, 3 Rockefeller, Lila Wallace, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts-Theater Communications Playwriting Award, A PEN Center West Award, LA Music Center Award, 2007 Japan Society of Northern California Award, A Chinese For Affirmative Action Award, NJHAS, City of Stockton Arts Award, East West Players’ Visionary Award, Asian American Theater Company Life Time Achievement, 2 California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, 2009 MAP Fund Creative Exploration Grant, 2008 Granada Arts Theater Fellowship, UC Berkeley Arts Center Fellow in Theater, Sundance Theater Fellow, Sundance Film Fellow Program.

Gotanda wrote the text and directed the production of Maestro Kent Nagano’s Manzanar: An American Story, an original symphonic work with narration. His newest work, After the War, premiered at the American Conservatory Theater in March 2007. After the War chronicles San Francisco’s Japantown in the late 1940s, when Japanese Americans returning from the internment camps encountered a flourishing African American jazz scene. A Japanese translation of his play, Sisters Matsumoto, opened in Tokyo with the Mingei Geikidan Company.

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Mathias Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Philip Kan Gotanda celebrates birthday on December 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Philip Kan Gotanda

1. Philip Kan Gotanda is an American playwright and filmmaker.
2. He was born on October 13, 1951 in Stockton, California.
3. Gotanda’s plays often explore themes of identity and cultural assimilation.
4. His most famous play is “The Wash,” which premiered in 1985.
5. Gotanda has won numerous awards for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.
6. He has also written screenplays for films such as “Life Tastes Good” and “Sisters.”
7. Gotanda is a professor of theater at UC Berkeley.
8. He co-founded the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco.
9. Gotanda’s works have been produced across the United States and internationally.
10. He continues to be a prominent voice in contemporary American theater.