Creative Storytelling

Filmmaker and camera operator.

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Stories Worth Feeling
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Clients & Collaborators

Grateful for the people and organizations who've trusted me with their stories.

NCRR — Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress logo National Asian Pacific American Museum logo Japanese American National Museum logo Yo! Media logo n8n logo Hop Cafe logo Seeds of Worship (SOW) logo Noma Bearings logo Ireizo logo HVN&ERTH logo Common Gathering logo V3 Dance logo

Demo Reel

A quick look at the kind of work I do — real people, real moments, cut together.

Selected Work

A handful of the stories I've had the privilege to help tell. Each one links out to the full video on YouTube.

About Me

Portrait of Ryan Hazama

"I want the people I work with — and the people who watch what we make — to feel a sense of connection. That's the whole reason we tell stories in the first place."

I didn't set out to become a filmmaker. I was chasing something else entirely, but somewhere along the way I realized video had already shaped how I understood myself — the moments I'd captured growing up became the moments I used to figure out who I was. That turned into a love for storytelling, and storytelling turned into documentary work: the chance to sit inside someone else's experience and walk away having learned something true.

The longer I spend behind a camera, based between wherever the next story lives, the more I fall for what images and video can do that words alone can't — hold a feeling, hold a silence, hold a person exactly as they are.

At the center of it all is connection. I think that's the real reason people tell stories: to feel seen, and to feel less alone in whatever they're going through. Whether you work with me or just watch something I've made, I want you to feel that — and I want to be the person who helps you tell your story, with care.

— Ryan

Let's Bring Your Vision to Life

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