Christopher Makoto Yogi is from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. His debut feature film, August at Akiko’s, had its World Premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2018 to critical acclaim. In 2019, it was released theatrically by Factory25 and Richard Brody in The New Yorker put it on his list of the “Best Films of 2019”. His next feature film, I Was a Simple Man, premiered in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Previously, it participated in the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs, IFP Film Week, Film Independent’s Fast Track, received a Jerome Foundation grant and a Cinereach grant. It was released theatrically by Strand Releasing and was listed as the fourth best film of 2021 in The New Yorker. Chris’ short films include the documentaries Occasionally, I Saw Glimpses of Hawai‘i and Makoto: or, Honesty, and the fiction film Obake (Ghosts). His short films are currently available to stream on the Criterion Channel.