Tani Ikeda

Tani Ikeda is an award-winning director who creates narratives, documentaries, music videos and commercial films. She recently was selected as one of Film Independent’s 33 Emerging Filmmakers as a Project: Involve Directors Fellow.

At the age of 21, Tani Ikeda co-founded imMEDIAte Justice, a nonprofit program for girls devoted to revolutionizing sex education through filmmaking. She is the executive director of imMEDIAte Justice and was named one of the “25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World” by the Utne Reader. ImMEDIAte Justice has received national attention on CNN, NBC, and Univision. Ikeda tours the country, speaking at universities and national conferences, and has launched film production programs on the Quinault Reservation in Washington and a media justice camp for girls in Kampala, Uganda.