Susumu Kimura
 

Born and raised in the outskirts of Tokyo, Susumu grew up watching Jackie Chan movies and drawing Mangas. It was a VHS viewing of Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" at age 13, however, that forever etched in his heart the yearning to tell a story. While studying at Emerson College in Boston, Susumu discovered his love of film editing and decided to make it a career. After a few years of editing commercials in Japan, the passion to work in film - along with a green card - brought him back to the U.S. He has since gone on to edit movies, television shows, promos, and pretty much anything he can get his hands on. Clients include Netflix, NBCUniversal, Verizon, TVGuide, AOL, Snapchat & Youtube.

 

Susumu became a Film Independent's Project Involve editing fellow in 2012, which led to a new passion for writing and directing own materials. He won Armed With a Camera Fellowship to write/direct his short "Yakuza No. 2" which garnered festival recognition and sold for online streaming. His other short films were recognized in Vancouver, Seattle, and Los Angeles. The most recent short "Home/Town" won an award at NewFilmmakersLA. Submittan will be his 5th short film.

Susumu now lives in the outskirts of Los Angeles with his wife and a son who looks just like him. 

Susumu Kimura Website: susumukimura.com