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Edson Oda.

Screenwriter, Director

Edson Oda is a Japanese-Brazilian writer/director based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of São Paulo - bachelor's in Advertising – and completed his Master of Fine Arts in Film and Production at the University of Southern California.

His first feature film NINE DAYS - staring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Bill Skarsgard and Tony Hale - premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2020 (U.S. Dramatic Competition), winning the Walt Salt Screenwriting Award.
Directing Filmography:
Nine Days
2017A sensorial ride (Short)
2015Like (Short)
2015The Man of Death (Short)
2013I'm NOT Hitler (Short)
2013Malaria (Short)
2012Braille (Video short)
2012/VThe Writer (Short)
2010Laugh and Die (Short)
2009O Nascimento (Short)

Oda also wrote, directed and supervised projects for Philips, Telefonica, Movistar, InBev, Whirlpool, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, Nokia.

He’s a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Alumni and Latin Grammy nominated director for best music video.

Edson is represented by CAA and The Gotham Group

July 29, 2021

Faithspotting "Nine Days"

Kenny and Mike discuss the new theatrical film Nine Days, written and directed by first time filmmaker Edson Oda, who joins Mike and Kenny on the episode. Edson is of Japanese decent and was raised in Brazil. A transcript of …

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