Conrad Lihilihi is an award winning writer, director, and editor from Makakilo, Hawai’i who uses genre to explore issues of culture and identity from an indigenous point of view. From his Hawai’i sketch comedy, Tuntadun Films, to his Smithsonian docu-series, Language of a Nation, which follows language and education to uncover the story of the overthrow of the Hawaiian government, to his scripted projects, The Mainland (Comedy; 2021), The Break (Psychological Thriller; 2023), Conrad’s work varies in genre and form but his beacon is always to uplift and tell authentic stories about people in and from Hawai’i.
Conrad is a staff Assistant Editor at Warner Brothers Discovery, while creatively he recently released a children’s literacy project, Mixed Plate Storytime, where various members of the local Hawaiian community - from kalo farmers, to educators, to actors and musicians - read Hawai’i children’s books presented with karaoke style subtitles to encourage literacy within the next generation. He is working with the Smithsonian and the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) directing a feature-documentary exploring the controversy surrounding the building of the TMT telescope on Mauna Kea while also partnering with the Smithsonian and the Lili'uokalani Trust in creating Hawai’i’s first film summer camp for high school students.
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