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Iris Yamashita

Alex Ross, founder of WriteMovies, discovered  Iris Yamashita, an Academy Award nominated writer. Although Iris has had a brief career so far, it has been a prestigious one nonetheless.

  • 2006 – LETTER FROM IWO JIMA – writer (story and screenplay). Iris was approached by the film’s director, Clint Eastwood, to write the screenplay. Iris had worked as a research assistant on FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (2006), Also directed by Eastwood. Iris was nominated for “Best Original Screenplay” at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, as well as sharing an Academy Award nomination with Paul Haggis for “Best Writing, Original Screenplay.” The film also received a Golden Globe award for “Best Foreign Language Film” and was nominated for a total of 4 Oscars.
  • 2015 – DEBRIS – associate producer.  9 year after LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, Iris was an associae producer on the short film DEBRIS, written and directed by Nicole Jones-Dion.

Learn more about Iris by visiting her website at http://irisyamashita.com/index.html or visit her IMDb page.

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