About Us

Owner

Marissa Fujimoto is fully engaged in the film, video and graphic design. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Sanford-Brown College, specializing in digital media. Her post-production work is most notable on shows such as “Hoarders” and “Project Afterlife”. Additionally, she has produced local “48 hours” films, earning her the Real Grrls Outstanding Producer Award in 2015. In 2021, Marissa produced another Hollyshort’s original short film, “Desmond's Not Here Anymore”, written by Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen and directed by Mmabatho Montsho. This was her sixth short film to make it to Hollywood and her fifth year under her production company Slager Fuj Creative Media, which offers film, video, and design services.

Her work experience, Japanese heritage and immediate family members who were incarcerated, has guided her to a documentary opportunity. It quickly turned into a passion project where she made fast friends with a Japanese Hollywood production coordinator. Together they have traveled to seven of the ten Japanese American incarceration sites where only a select few offer yearly pilgrimages. The goal of each pilgrimage and her passion project, is to educate younger generations and preserve the stories of aging survivors who were incarcerated in WWII. 

Owner

Kimiko has a BA in Film Studies from UC Santa Barbara and is mixed race Japanese American. She has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years on various television shows and films.