Lina Hoshino		BIOgraphy • projects • contact
			Lina Hoshino is a filmmaker and new media designer whose films, including the award winning Story of Margo, In God's House: Asian American Lesbian and Gay Families in the Church and Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War have screened in Finland, Japan, Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, and beyond. As a co-founder of Many Threads and Tactile Pictures, Lina has led creative and design efforts for many community organizations, including: the Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action, the National Japanese American Historical Society, Asian Improv, and the Japanese Women's Active Museum for War and Peace. Currently, she serves on the board of Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action and Sonoma County Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League. From time to time, she teaches workshops at Center for Digital Storytelling. A self-described JABC (Japanese American Born Chinese from Taiwan), Lina grew up living in the U.S., Japan, and France. She studied painting and sculpture at Carnegie Mellon University. After thirteen years of living in San Francisco, she now lives in Sonoma County with her partner, chickens and cats.