TT Takemoto
Directing
TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American filmmaker and artist exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their experimental films delve into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma that exist within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage and archival materials through performance and labor-intensive processes of painting, lifting, and manipulating 16mm/35mm film emulsion using scotch tape, razor blades, and nail polish. By engaging with tactile and sensory dimensions of queer histories, Takemoto conjures up immersive fantasies involving butch surgeons, femme fish filleting, and homoerotic breadmaking. Their films honor queer Asian Americans who lived, loved, and labored together during the prewar era and beyond.
Known for
Looking for Jiro
November 15, 2011
HK Uprising
January 1, 2021
Ever Wanting (for Margaret Chung)
February 19, 2021
Sworded Love
March 27, 2019
Lion in the Wind
March 1, 2023
After Bed
February 4, 2023
For Jina
September 1, 2024
On the Line
October 21, 2018
Sex, Politics and Sticky Rice
June 16, 2014
Wayward Emulsions
January 1, 2018
Lift Little Tokyo
May 35
January 1, 2019
Behind the camera17
- 2026Swing Swish Sway Director
- 2024For Jina Director
- 2023Lion in the Wind Director
- 2023After Bed Director
- 2021Ever Wanting (for Margaret Chung) Director
- 2021HK Uprising Director
- 2019Sworded Love Director
- 2019May 35 Editor, Director
- 2018On the Line Director
- 2018Wayward Emulsions Director