Chihiro wimbush

Director, Producer, Editor

CHIHIRO WIMBUSH (Director/Producer/Editor) is an Emmy-nominated, documentary filmmaker. Chihiro was co-director (with Amir Soltani) and cinematographer on the documentary feature, Dogtown Redemption, about homeless shopping cart recyclers in West Oakland, California. The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival where it won an Audience Award, and was broadcast on Independent Lens, before being nominated for an Emmy Award. He also edited the award-winning and nationally broadcast Changing Season about a year on the Masumoto family peach farm in the Central Valley. He has directed, produced and edited numerous short films, most recently Liminal, about prisoners released during the pandemic reconnecting with nature, that had its broadcast premiere on Valley PBS. Ricochet is his third collaboration with Jeff Adachi after serving as editor on Jeff’s previous two films The Ride and Defender.