Takashi Doscher

Takashi Doscher is an award-winning writer and director from Atlanta, GA. His second feature film, Only, stars Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire, Mowgli) and Tony-winning Leslie Odom Jr (Hamilton, Murder on the Orient Express) as star-crossed lovers trying to survive in a world nearly devoid of women. His first feature film, Still, starring Madeline Brewer (Handmaid's Tale), Nick Blood (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Lydia Wilson (Netflix's Requiem) is an atmospheric thriller set in the Appalachian mountains. It has won several awards on the festival circuit and sold to The Orchard for world-wide distribution. In November 2018, his international music documentary, Hear Us, premiered across the country on PBS. The story follows three music prodigies in the high-stakes world of classical music. Previously, Takashi was named on the Tracking Board's HIT List and Young & Hungry List for his spec script, The Life Inside. He is also the youngest director to sell a film to ESPN with his feature documentary, A Fighting Chance, at the age of 22. His ESPN follow-up captured the first ever summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro by a quad-amputee. The story won an ESPY in 2013.