Bruce Nachbar

Writer/Producer/Director at Kita No Hou E / To The North

Greater Tokyo Area

About

Film and Television Producer with extensive experience in production and post-production across many genres and budget ranges. Areas of expertise include strategic planning, client relations, story development, budgeting, scheduling, on-set supervision & collaboration and editing & audio mix supervision. Demonstrated success bridging the gap between the corporate and production world. Applied the aesthetic developed on award-winning high budget projects to productions with challenging finances. Continually employ the latest technological developments to support creative and budgetary challenges. Independent initiator, team player and teacher/mentor. Specialties: Digital Film Production; Indie Film Production; Non-Linear Editing; ADR, VO direction and sound mix supervision; Scheduling and Budgeting (Movie Magic and AICP); latest technology; Network and Cable Television Production; Corporate and educational video production; non-linear/interactive media production

Experience

  • Owner at Outtabrooklyn Productions
    2003 - Present · 23 yrs 6 mos

  • Writer/Producer/Director at Kita No Hou E / To The North
    Feb 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

    Independent Japanese-language feature film. Winner Audience Award Japan FIlm Fest Hamburg; Winner Japan Prix Award Rising Sun Film Festival Japan; Official Selection Nara International Film Festival Japan

  • Empire Entertainment Japan (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Producer/Director
      Mar 2016 - Dec 2023 · 7 yrs 10 mos

      In charge of all media production; from concept to delivery. Created award-winning content for Panasonic, Bulgari, Red Bull. Other clients include: adidas; Salesforce; BMW; Mini Cooper; MAC Cosmetics; etc.

    • Producer/Director
      Mar 2016 - Dec 2023 · 7 yrs 10 mos

  • Writer/Producer/Director at Playing It Old School
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2019 · 1 mo

    Television documentary that explores the social upheaval that occurred when two Japanese companies created two products: the Technics SL1200; and the Sony Walkman. From these two inventions came the birth hip hop, giving a voice to people who did not have one and the start of the "personal bubble" culture.

  • Executive Producer at Free State of Jones
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2016 · 1 mo

    Feature film for Universal Studios: written and directed by Gary Ross (Academy Award for Seabiscuit); starring Matthew McConaughey