Kurumi MurataEditor, Japanese & English print

About

Bilingual, on set and in the edit — and calm on a twelve-hour day.

Bilingual professional with experience in film production, medical office support, customer service and content production. Calm, adaptable and team-oriented, delivering reliable, high-quality work. Seeking a long-term role in California with employment-based visa sponsorship.

She is currently responsible for editing both Japanese- and English-language print publications, and is based in Los Angeles, California.

noix.fram@gmail.com

自己紹介

外交的で人と関わることを得意とし、クライアントに安心感を与えるコミュニケーション力があります。また繊細な性格から細やかな気配りができ、変化に気づく観察力と、正確さを重視した丁寧な業務姿勢を大切にしています。学生時代に映像制作に出会い、現在は映像業界に従事し、プロ現場で迅速な状況判断力と柔軟な対応力、協働力を培いました。今後はその経験を基盤に、新たな環境で誠実にキャリアを築いていきたいと考えています。

Experience

  1. 2025 —

    Editor

    Print publishing, Los Angeles

    • Responsible for editing both Japanese- and English-language print publications.

  2. April – June 2026

    Japanese-Language Editorial Content

    Living in LA

    • Contributed across 13 consecutive issues, Vol. 1147–1159.
    • Wrote for the Los Angeles Japanese-speaking community, in a clear and accessible editorial format.

  3. April – June 2026

    Editorial Content — Samurai & Japanese Culture

    Japan Up!

    • Three consecutive print issues, April to June 2026.
    • Also managed the publication’s web edition, adapting the same editorial across print and digital.

  4. January 2024 – March 2026

    Screenwriter, Director & Director of Photography

    Film Production, Los Angeles

    • More than 15 narrative, music video, commercial and documentary productions.
    • Led crews of up to 40, on production teams averaging 30–40 people.
    • Held creative and operational responsibility from pre-production through post, across production cycles averaging about four months.
    • Coordinated with the department leads in camera, lighting, grip, editing and colour, giving creative direction and feedback throughout to keep one vision consistent across all of them.

  5. 2024.7 – 2025.6

    Student Assistant

    Equipment Center, CSULB

    • Loaned out film equipment to students and professors.
    • Managed class and student reservations and scheduling.
    • Maintained and repaired 200+ pieces of equipment.

  6. December 2020 – December 2021

    Part-Time Team Leader

    Yoneda Clinic

    • Oversaw day-to-day operations for the physical therapy team, directing staff and coordinating workflow with three other departments.
    • Supported approximately 30 patients a day.
    • Produced the recurring patient-facing communications — weekly announcements, informational notices and the email newsletter — for about a year.
    • Designed and built the clinic’s website.

  7. May 2017 – October 2018

    Part-Time Team Leader

    Kani Doraku

    • Joined as a server, passed the internal qualification exam within three months, and was promoted to part-time team leader about a year in.
    • Supervised a team of approximately 10, directing front-of-house operations day to day.

Education

  1. 2023.8 – 2025.5

    BA Cinematography and Film/Video Production

    California State University, Long Beach

    • Coursework in script writing, and a degree with a focus in narrative filmmaking. (The major was renamed in 2025.)
    • One of the university’s most sought-after film tracks: admission was by portfolio review, into a cohort limited to about 50.
    • Developed scripts, stories and narrative concepts across approximately 20 film projects.
    • Junior project — a film she wrote and directed, selected among the cohort’s top 20 for screening.
    • Senior project — one of 10 directors of photography chosen from a cohort of about 40.

  2. 2021.1 – 2023.5

    AA Film / Cinema / Video Studies

    MiraCosta College

  3. 2019.4 – 2021.5

    AA English Language and Literature

    Kansai Gaidai University

Selected results

Skills