Selected Projects
PBS | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director/Writer | About two months after Japan attacked American naval base at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066. The Order led to the incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans. Kay Sakai Nakao and Shokichi Tokita recall their families’ stories of loss and upheaval.
PBS | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Ameera Nimjee introduces us to Kathak, a centuries old dance form from South Asia. Produced for PBS television station KBTC.
Amazon | Laila Kazmi, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor | Meet extreme wood bender, sculptor Jenny Wong-Stanley. This story is part of a 4-part series called HANDCRAFTED, featuring stories of entrepreneurs with handmade products. Read the full story at: aboutamazon.com/news/small-business/amazon-handmade-seller-story-jenny
PBS | Laila Kazmi, Executive Producer/Director | Featuring dancer and choreographer Alicia Mullikin, opening minds and challenging long-existing stereotypes in dance.
Seattle Channel | Laila Kazmi, Director, Producer, Editor | For Alessandra Gordon, the jam she makes from scratch is a nod to her childhood and keeps the legacy of her immigrant mother alive.
PBS | Laila Kazmi, producer/director/writer | Humaira Abid is a sculptor and painter. Based in the Seattle area. Her work is a reflection of her experiences in both America and Lahore, Pakistan, where she grew up. The walls of her Seattle studio are lined with bins full of everyday objects carved masterfully in wood.
PBS | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Conductor Paula Nava Madrigal breaking boundaries.
Indie Doc in Progress | Directed by Laila Kazmi, REACHING NEW HEIGHTS: FAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN AND THE SKYSCRAPER, is a feature length documentary film about the father of modern skyscrapers, American structural engineer Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan, known as the ‘Einstein of structural engineering.’ Khan, a Muslim immigrant from Dhaka, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), designed the iconic Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the John Hancock Center in Chicago.
Branded Content
Amazon | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Women’s History Month spot.
Amazon | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Amazon and L’Oreal collaboration for World Environment Day.
Amazon | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Featuring brand Laguna Candles for an Amazon Handmade series.
Seattle Art Museum | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director/Editor
Amazon | Laila Kazmi, Producer/Director | Featuring Tim Tally, founder of the brand uLace.
Gates Foundation | Co-produced spot for Sick History series on fighting disease
2019 Northwest Regional Emmy® Awards
Emmy Winning and Nominated Stories
WINNER OF 2019 NORTHWEST EMMY® AWARD
In this special digital and broadcast presentation of Borders & Heritage, we present stories of four Latino artists living in the Pacific Northwest for whom art is not only a form of social expression but also a proclamation of heritage. Meet visual artist Juan Alonso-Rodríguez, poet Claudia Castro Luna, folk musician Abel Rocha, and dancer and choreographer Alicia Mullikin.
NOMINATED FOR 2019 NORTHWEST EMMY® AWARD
About two months after Japan attacked American naval base at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066. The Order led to the incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans. Kay Sakai Nakao and Shokichi Tokita recall their families’ stories of loss and upheaval.
A Healing Act: Improv for People with Memory Loss
NOMINATED for 2020 Northwest Regional Emmy Award
Produced/Directed for Seattle Channel Television
