Catherine Nguyen

Catherine T. Nguyen is an award-winning director/producer based in California. Her passion for storytelling drew her to the NYU Tisch School of Arts, where she graduated cum laude with a B.F.A in Film and Television and a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology at Stern. Leveraging her diverse suite of skills, Catherine served as a producer for CHICKEN, which world premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. WHITE BUTTERFLY is her directorial debut which has screened at festivals around the world, including the Hawai’i International Film Festival, CAAMFest (AT&T InspirASIAN Undergraduate Winner), Yale Student Film Festival (Best Director Winner), among others.

Entertainment & Influence

Interview: From Tokyo to New York: Mami Shirakawa’s Journey as a Cultural Pioneer

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Immersed in the American hip-hop and street culture of 1990s Los Angeles, Mami Shirakawa quickly became a trailblazer, shaping the cultural landscape as one of the earliest figures to introduce this culture to the East.