Desmond Nakano

Desmond Nakano (born 1953) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films White Man's Burden (1995)^[1] and American Pastime (2007).^[2] His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)^[3] and American Me (1992). ^[4]

Filmography

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1978	The Kid from Not-So-Big	Written By
1979	Boulevard Nights	Written By
1984	Body Rock	Screenplay By, Story By, Associate Director	Co-Wrote Story with Kimberly Lynn White
1986	Black Moon Rising	Screenplay By	Co-Wrote Screenplay with John Carpenter and William Gray
1989	Last Exit to Brooklyn	Screenplay By	Based on the Novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
1992	American Me	Screenplay By	Co-Wrote Screenplay with Floyd Mutrux
1995	White Man's Burden	Written By, Directed By
2007	American Pastime	Written By, Directed By	Co-Wrote Screenplay with Tony Kayden
2018	Three Days in the Hole	Written By	Co-Wrote with Candice Carella

^ Wilmington, Michael (December 1, 1995). "Reversal of Fortune Drives 'Heady' Burden". A&E; / Home > Featured Articles > Harry Belafonte / Take 2. FRIDAY'S GUIDE TO MOVIES & MUSIC. Movie review. / NEWS. Chicago Tribune. p. 7D. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014.
^ Wallace, Bruce (May 13, 2007). "Barracks and baseball in the Utah desert: In `American Pastime,' West Coast Japanese interned during World War II take to the field in a struggle for dignity". LAT Home→Collections→Japanese Americans / MOVIES. Los Angeles Times. Tokyo. p. E8. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014.
^ Canby, Vincent (May 2, 1990). "Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990): Review/Film; A Brutal, Elegiac 'Last Exit,' Unrelieved by Hope". Movies. The New York Times. p. C15. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014.
^ Turan, Kenneth (March 13, 1992). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'American Me' Delivers". LAT Home→Collections / MOVIES. Los Angeles Times. p. F1. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014.

v t e Films by Desmond Nakano
Written and directed	White Man's Burden (1995) American Pastime (2007)
Written only	Boulevard Nights (1979) Body Rock (1984) Black Moon Rising (1986) Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) American Me (1992)

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