GB Hajim
screaming wink productions, LLC
P.O. Box 373 Hakalau HI 96710
Education
Director's Workshop American Film Institute
Master's Degree in Film Production California State University at Humboldt
Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts University of California at San Diego
Internship in Computer Animation San Diego Supercomputer Center
Employment
1993-2007 Self-employed independent filmmaker
Production Experience ( abridged )
Director - OOAV -Hawaii Oceanic Technology
Animation Director - 30 minutes -UNEQ Entertainment
Director - Na I'a Ono -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Hawai'i Mauli Ola -Aha Punana Leo
Director - 'Aina 'Oiwi -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Life on a Voyaging Canoe -Imiloa Planetarium
Director - Canoes Today -Imiloa Planetarium
Animator - Kumulipo -Imiloa Planetarium
VFX / Animation - Oh Say Can You Sing? -Good Sports Recording
Director - Aloha Olelo (60 spots) -KITV News
Animator - Self Determination -Loaves & Fishes
Director - Ne'epapa -Aha Punana Leo
Director - TV spots -W.HI Explorations Academy
Director - Merry Monarch TV spots -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Recruitment Video -Lamaku
Director - Ola Na Iwi -Aha Punana Leo
Producer / Editor - Volcano: Fountains of Fire -Madacy Entertainment
Director / Animator - Mele Po -Aha Punana Leo
DVD Production - Gemini -Gemini Telescopes
D.P. / Editor - Lei Hulu -Aha Punana Leo
Editor - Ua Ku Ka Hale -Aha Punana Leo
D.P. / Editor - Ka 'Ai Me Ka I'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Winterland DVD -Winterland Productions
Director - Pi'apa 'Oiwi -Aha Punana Leo
Editor - E O Mau (13 episodes) -Lamaku
Editor - Hakalama -Aha Punana Leo
D.P. / Animator / Editor - Ka'ililauokekoa -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Malama i ka 'Aina -ITVS KIDS SPOTS
Animator - Mr.MacNutty -Mauna Loa MacNuts
D.P. / Animator / Editor - Kalanimainu'u -Aha Punana Leo
D.P. / Editor - E Pu Pa'akai Kakou -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Na Hoa'ekoa -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Ke Kino'o A Me Ke Kino'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director - No Pumai'a Laua O 'A'ali'i -Aha Punana Leo
D.P. / Animator / Editor - Homaikawa'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director - E Ho'opili Mai! -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Pehea I Loa'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Loa'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director / Editor - Pacific Passages -Pacific Region Educ. Lab
Co-Producer - VolcanoScapes V -Tropical Visions / Discovery
Producer / Director - Paniolo 'Opio -KHET / PBS Hawai'i
Director - Ke Aloha O Ka I'a -Aha Punana Leo
Director - E 'Ai I Kekahi -Aha Punana Leo
Director - Destination:WOW Hall -screaming wink productions
D.P. - St. Crispin's Day -Pirate Fort Productions
Director - ...first days on earth... -screaming wink productions
Director / Animator - ...eating des(s)ert... -screaming wink productions
Producer / Director - kava tonga -UCAL, San Diego
Related Experience
2006-8: Mentor - Hui'Ana Program, Department of Education
Lecturer - Digital Media Arts Program, Hawai'i Community College
Introduction to Digital Arts (Art 112)
Digital Animation (Art 212)
2005: Judge -1st Annual Big Island Short Film Festival
Advisory Board Member
-Digital Media Arts Program, Hawai'i Community College
2005-94: Freelance Production Consultant
Freelance Instructor:
Graphics, Video Production & Computer Animation
2004: Judge and Workshop Instructor
-Humboldt International Short Film Festival
1997-5: Board of Directors -Na Maka 'O Hilo: Alliance for Public Access Media
Writer -Screenplay: Last Virgin in Paradise
-Screenplay: Ed Connaughton
1992-1: Lecturer -CSU at Humboldt: Theater Arts Department
Introduction to Film and Videomaking
Instructor -Arcata Community Television
High School Outreach
Manager -Arcata Community Television
1989-8: Lecturer -UCAL San Diego: Sociology Department
Africa Through A Lens
Ethnographic Filmmaking
Public Presentations of Work (exhibitions, film festivals, etc.)
Film and Video Screenings:
2001: Tampere Film Festival - Finland
2000: Newport Beach Film Festival
1999: Hawai'i International Film Festival
1997: Trento International Mountain Film Festival - Italy
1996: Hawai'i International Film Festival
1993: California State Film and Video Festival
Humboldt Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Art Installations:
1986: Paint, Bones, and Reeds - Two person show
Mandeville Art Center, University of California at San Diego
Painting:
1988: Aztec Power! - collaborative mural work with orphans
Mexicali, Mexico
1987: Various Untitled Works
Art Collective, Gas Lamp District - San Diego
1986: Nelson Mandela Mural
Che Cafe Collective building
1984: Family
US Congressional Hall, Chesebrough-Ponds Exhibit
Awards and Honors
Director - strange frame
* Winner: 2005 INDE Award from Hawai'i Student Film Festival for
Educating Hawai'i's Youth in Film and Video
Producer / Editor - Volcano: Fountains of Fire (Madacy Entertainment)
* New York Times Critic's Pick
D.P. / Animator / Editor - Ka'ililauokekoa
*Winner: Hawai'i Filmmakers Award at HIFF 2000, 2001 HVCB Kahili Award
Director / Editor - Pacific Passages
*Winner: GOLDEN APPLE for Best Educational Video 1999 NEMN
Co-Producer / Editor - VolcanoScapes V
*Winner: 1997 Silver Tellly for Television Documentary , 1998 HVCB Kahili Award,
1998 National Interpretive Media Award
Director / Animator - ...first days on earth...
*Winner: 1993 Rosebud Award - Best Experimental Film-California State Film Festival
Director / Animator - ...eating des(s)ert...
*Winner: 1992 People's Choice Award - Humboldt International Film Festival
Producer / Director - kava tonga
*UGUCSD Award for the Arts, Russell Foundation Award, and CIEE Fellowship
Selected Bibliography
2002: Contributor to Textbook
The Complete Animation Course, Barron's Educational Series
Personal Data
Married to Karen Debbie Akiba Children: Ra'am and Noam
Languages: English, Hawaiian, French, and a smattering of Spanish