Welcome to Episode 53 of "Peter and Omar's Arts and Culture Show".

This week, Peter and Omar welcome Director and Independent Film Distributor, Gregory Hatanaka, to the show.

Gregory Hatanaka started in film distribution working for Headliner Productions on the re-release of films by cult director Edward D. Wood, Jr.

He founded Phaedra Cinema to distribute international films in the U.S. With a specialization in cult films, Phaedra released such films as Toshimichi Ohkawa's Nobody, Cha Chuen Lee's Triad Story and Jimmy Wang Yu's Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975) andToshiharu Ikeda's Evil Dead Trap. He has also distributed the works of Satyajit Ray, Andre Techine, Claude Chabrol, Leni Riefenstahl, Cedric Kahn, Christian Vincent,Takashi Miike, Abel Ferrara, Jon Jost and films with such acclaimed actors as Catherine Deneuve, Ewan McGregor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Isabelle Huppert, Chow Yun Fat, Billy Bob Thornton, Vince Vaughn, Bridget Fonda, Gerard Depardieu and Jimmy Wang Yu.

His directing credits include Until the Night and the award-winning cult film Mad Cowgirl.

Gregory Hatanaka is the founder of film distribution and production company Cinema Epoch.

Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Hatanakahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368693/http://www.facebook.com/people/Gregory-Hatanaka/647770642http://www.cinemaepoch.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Epoch