naz kawakami

Naz(areth) Kekainalu Kawakami is a writer, actor, editor, and photographer from Honolulu, Hawaii.

He has written and edited numerous stageplays and screenplays, and has appeared in several theatre productions . Most notably, he wrote, produced, and starred in Every Day in Kaimuki (2022, dir. Alika Tengan), a feature-length film which premiered at Sundance Film Festival - the first Native Hawaiian written/directed film to do so - where it was nominated for the Innovator Award.

He has been a professional editorial and screenwriter for eleven years. His work has been published in NPR, Rolling Stone, Jenkem, Insider, Flux, Popeye, Creem, and Esquire, among others. He is in his second year as Editor in Chief of Monster Children, a Sydney/LA/NYC-based skateboarding/music/surfing/art publication founded in 2003.

Naz currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

contact:

editorial:
nazkawakami@gmail.com

filmmaking:
lilthorpe@gmail.com (manager)

monster children:
naz@monsterchildren.com