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Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)

San Francisco, California(approximate location)

For over 45 years, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) has been dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible.

From their site

Images from Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)’s own website.

Who works there

  • Donald YoungExecutive Director James Ott
  • James OttDirector of Finance and Administration Sapana Sakya
  • Sapana SakyaTalent Development & Special Projects Director Frances Pomperada
  • Frances PomperadaDirector of Development Grace Hwang Lynch
  • Grace Hwang LynchCommunications and Engagement Director Marisa Mariscotti
  • Marisa MariscottiBusiness Manager Czarina Garcia

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1980company website
Statusactive2025 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

9 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

73 wins from 115 nominations across all awards

Box office
$4m

Combined US gross, 5 of 27 titles

Mostly
documentary, animation, biography
Active
1998–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Best known for
Meet the Patels

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 21 of 27 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
2

2020–2025

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 27

26 films · 1 TV title

Titles per year25 titles · busiest 2020 with 4

25 titles across 28 years, averaging 0.9 a year. The last five years average 1.8 a year, above their long-run rate. 13 of those 28 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time9 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
6789their average 7.1200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 4 titles. The 7 titles since 2013 average 7.2, holding at their 7.1 overall. 5 of 9 rated titles sit above their 7.1 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • PJ Raval2
Writers
  • PJ Raval2
Genres
  • Documentary19 of 21
  • Animation2 of 21
  • Biography2 of 21
  • Comedy2 of 21
  • Drama2 of 21

Names appearing on two or more of Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)’s produced titles, across the 21 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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