Jana Park Moore

Jana Park Moore was the first female Director to win the Championships Round of Honolulu's Showdown in Chinatown short film competition, Directing and Producing "Arthur," which went on to screen as an Official Selection at the Big Island Film Festival. She Directed, Produced, and Co-Wrote the short film, "The Baby Luau," which screened as an Official Selection at multiple International Film Festivals including The Long Beach Indie International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short, as well as the Rainbow Reel Tokyo International Film Festival, the DisOrient Asian Film Festival of Oregon, the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, the Guam International Film Festival, and more. Starting with her first stage performance at age 5, Jana has been acting, directing, and producing every chance she gets. She's directed 5 short films, performed in over 20 plays, as well as multiple television commercials, short and feature films, and radio voice-overs, written 3 plays, co-written 4 films, and co-starred on the CBS show Hawaii 5-0. Jana holds a B.A. in Political Science (Minor/Women's Studies) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and an A.A. in American Sign Language Interpreting from Los Angeles Pierce College. Jana's company, Hapa Film Studios, produces diverse documentary and narrative films with a focus on women, parenting, poverty, the 3rd world, people with disabilities, patriarchy-based injustice, and Asian and Native Hawaiian history.