Dave Tatsuno
Illustration — Dave Tatsuno, shown shortly before his family's forced evacuation from San Francisco. Dave Masaharu Tatsuno (August 18, 1913 – January 26, 2006, in San Jose, California) was a Japanese American businessman who documented life in his family's internment camp during World War II. His footage was later compiled into the film Topaz (named for the Topaz War Relocation Center where he was confined). The film was placed in the National Film Registry, part of the Library of Congress, in 1996.
Dave Tatsuno
- Born
- 1913
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film director
- Education
- University of California and Berkeley
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Illustration — Dave Tatsuno, shown shortly before his family's forced evacuation from San Francisco. Dave Masaharu Tatsuno (August 18, 1913 – January 26, 2006, in San Jose, California) was a Japanese American businessman who documented life in his family's internment camp during World War II. His footage was later compiled into the film Topaz (named for the Topaz War Relocation Center where he was confined). The film was placed in the National Film Registry, part of the Library of Congress, in 1996.
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Born in 1913, died in 2006.
Dave Tatsuno studied at University of California, Berkeley.
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