TETSURO SHIGEMATSU
tshigematsu@gmail.com
818.224.9787
2006 YELLOW FELLAS Independent Feature
Movie
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
I have just completed
post-production on my first feature-length movie. This ethnically militant
comedy has been written about extensively in newspaper and magazine articles.
2004-2006 CBC NEWSWORLD
MORNING National Canadian TV News Show
Pop Culture Critic
Live from
2004-2005 THE ROUNDUP National Radio Show on CBC Radio One
Host
The Roundup was a coast-to-coast two-hour radio program featured on
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Every week, I would conduct several half-hour
feature interviews with high-profile guests; astronauts, authors, adventurers. Preparation
for these interviews involved in-depth research and composing lines of
questioning. An oft heard refrain from guests was; “best interview I’ve ever
had.” (Although, this may well be something many hosts hear from guests who
have product to flog.)
June 2003 THE
ART OF THE INTERVIEW, The Sawatsky Method
Course Graduate
I was one of a few CBC reporters selected to receive an intensive
week-long workshop given by Canadian investigative reporter John Sawatsky,
creator of the Sawatsky method. Sawatsky trains investigative journalists all
over the world on how to conduct revealing interviews. He also teaches at the
Poynter Institute.
2004
Comedian
Fall, 2003 MADLY
OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS, Live Touring CBC Radio Show
Writer & Performer
I wrote, performed and directed original radio sketch comedy enacted
before a live theatre audience and recorded for radio broadcast. Myself and two
other writer/performers toured all over
Comedy Special, Actor
Myself
along with my sketch comedy group Hot Sauce Posse, were hired as performers in
this half-hour CBC comedy special, which was broadcast nationally several times.
2003 RTNDA National
Award Winner
Radio Television News Director Association
Recipient of the ‘Sam Ross Award’ for Best Editorial Opinion;
"Saddam vs. Bush." In order to gain insight into Saddam and Bush, I
returned to childhood and revisit the original battleground; the schoolyard.
(In other words, I’m also very deep, and politically astute to
boot.)
2003
Comedian
2001-2003 HOT SAUCE POSSE, Sketch
Comedy Group (now defunct)
Director/Writer/Performer
I
founded
2002
Comedian
2002-2003 CBC
RADIO ONE
National Radio Columnist
I wrote and performed radio commentaries that explored world events
through the lens of personal memory, for which I won two RTNDA awards.
2001-2002 PASS
THE MIC
Writer/Performer/Producer
By identifying and training the very best comedic talent at CBC
Radio Vancouver, I helped revive the art of sketch comedy for the entire
network. We were a crack team of writer/performers that were capable of ripping
a story from the headlines and then producing a tight, polished five-minute
sketch ready for broadcast in less than four hours. Pass the Mic was featured
in the New York Times,
2001 CBC Radio One,
The Afternoon Show
Show Reporter/Writer/Broadcaster/Editor
I provided levity and comic relief for BC’s drive-home show by collecting
stories from the city and feeding live hits into the show. I also served as an
on-air sidekick to the show’s host.
2001 THIS HOUR HAS 22
MINUTES, Satirical Political TV show
Writer/Performer
Out of several thousand applicants, I won a nation-wide talent search
to replace national treasure, Rick Mercer for a TV program that is the Canadian
equivalent of The Daily Show. As a writer, I read dozens of newspapers per day,
and wrote jokes based on current events. I also wrote and performed political
rants.
2001 LATHE OF HEAVEN, Television movie for
A&E
Principal
actor
Also
starring James “Sonny Corleone” Kahn and Lisa “Huxtable” Bonet. Proving, I’m a
good enough thespian to hold my own in the company of B-list movie actors.
May 2001
Featured Performer
I
was invited to write and perform a 45-minute original comedy show performed at
the Norman Rothstein Theatre.
May 2000 WHO'S ALBERT WOO? National
Film Board documentary
Featured Subject
Jackie
Chan and myself, along with several other Asian males, were interviewed on
issues germane to Asian male identity.
June 2000 THE WORST WITCH, British
television program
Principal Actor
Played
a guest role on the top-rated children's program in the
1999 MOONS OF TOKYO, theatre play
Performer/Writer
Wrote
and developed a one-person show, with funding by the Canada Council for the
Arts.
1998 THE
Subject
Profiled
as an up-and-coming artist in the annual "Noisemakers" issue.
1997 LA LA PAN-ASIA, TV pilot
Producer/Host
Created
and produced a half-hour TV program showcasing Asian youth culture.
1996 THE BEST BAD THING, RINKO, TV movie
Principal Actor
Played
Kosuke in a film produced by PBS and NHK, based upon the novel by Yoshiko
Uchida (also starring George “Sulu” Takei and Kiki Kirin, the Meryl Streep of
1993-1994 RISING SON, One-man theatre
show
Performer/Writer
Wrote
& performed an autobiographical one-person show which was mounted in
Montréal,
1991 ANGELO DELLA MORTE, Theatre play,
Centaur Theatre
Director/Playwright
Youngest
playwright to compete in the history of the Quebec Drama Festival.
1990 FOOLHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY
Playwright-in-Residence
Conducted
playwriting workshops and developed plays for production.
1988 YOUNG MONTREALER Newspaper column,
Montreal Gazette
Panelist
As
a capricious teenager, I was entertainingly impertinent and eminently quotable
on a variety of topics relevant to young people.
EDUCATION
2003 The Art of the Interview, The Sawatsky Method
Course
Graduate
2002 Robert Mckee
Story Seminar
Course
Graduate
1995-1996 Butoh
(contemporary Japanese dance form)
Student
Studied
Butoh with the founding master and dance god, Kazu Ohno in
1991-1994 Bachelor
of Fine Arts (with Distinction)
Majoring in Inter-Related Arts, with concentrations in Video, Film
& Performance.
1992 Syd Field's
Screenwriting Seminar
Course Graduate
1990-1991 Diplôme d'Etudes
Collegiales des Beaux Arts (Honours)
Majoring in Studio Arts.