KEIKO SUGIHARA

Keiko Sugihara is a Japanese-Chinese American writer from Chicago, Illinois. Her passion for genre storytelling inspired her to write, direct, and star in her short film, VAMPIRE AMERICAN, before becoming a Writers’ Assistant on Marvel’s HELSTROM. She also worked as a Producers’ Assistant and Writers’ Assistant on CBS’ HAWAII FIVE-0. She placed first in the 2020 Branches Interactive Script Contest for her original pilot, NIKKEI CURSE OF YOKAI. In the 2022 ‘Ohina Filmmakers Lab, she was awarded the first place Greenlight Award to direct her original short script. Currently, she works in development with Writer/Executive Producer, Kyle Harimoto.