Producer/ Director, Daughters of Everest, Feb. 00 to Mar 04
Produced, shot & directed a documentary on the first Nepalese, Sherpa women's Everest expedition. The film premiered at the 2004 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

Producer, Dreams of Chomolongma, Frontline World, Apr. to May 03
Produced a 12-minute version of the Sherpa women's ascent of Everest for the Frontline World series which aired in May 2003.

Producer, National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA),
Mar. 02 to Apr. 03
Produced a half-hour episode entitled, Oklahoma Home for a series about contemporary Asian American stories for broadcast on PBS in May 2004.

Editor, In Motion Media, Jun. 01 to Aug. 01
Created a rough cut for Don't Fence Me In, a film on the Karen people living in Northern Thailand.

Producer, Young Asia Television, Feb. 00 to Jul. 00
Produced a series called Mountain Madness on mountaineering and the Everest region of Nepal.

Production Coordinator, Bruno Films, Jun. 99
Researched and interviewed subjects in Nepal living with leprosy for a film about aging, sickness and dying.

Production Assistant, Adventure in Nepal, Mar. to May 99
Planned and managed a German docu-drama on Dr. Toni Hagen, a Swiss geologist and one of the first westerners to travel to Nepal to document the country's diverse geography.

Producer/ Director/ Editor, Red White Blue November, Aug. 97 to May 98
Produced and directed an award winning half-hour documentary on a Hmong American family from Fresno, California. The show aired on PBS in May 2000.

Assistant Producer, Secrets of the SAT, FRONTLINE Documentary, May to Aug. 98
Conducted research and interviewed subjects for a documentary on the standard apptitude test.

Assistant Editor, Sacrifice, Bruno Films, May to Aug. 97
Translated Thai interviews, helped edit a film on Burmese women in Thailand's sex industry.


    

Producer/ Director, Daughters of Everest, Feb. 00 to Mar. 04
Produced, shot & directed a documentary on the first Nepalese, Sherpa women's Everest expedition. The film premiered at the 2004 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

Producer, Dreams of Chomolongma, Frontline World, Apr. to May 03
Produced a 12-minute version of the Sherpa women's ascent of Everest for the Frontline World series which aired in May 2003.

Producer, Young Asia Television, Feb. 00 to Jul. 00
Produced a series called Mountain Madness on mountaineering and the Everest region of Nepal.

Reporter , Aankhijhyal video magazine, Nepal, Mar. 93 to Dec. 01
Contribute to this fortnightly video magazine produced by the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists. The magazine show is broadcast on Nepal Television

Resource person, Training video, Nepal, Jun. 99 to Jan. 00
Conducted research for a training film on promoting safe motherhood and neonatal care in Nepal. Handled a digital camera.




Copyright 2004 Sapana Sakya, The Rake Productions and
National Asian American Telecommunications Association