- Tetsuro Shigematsu
Tetsuro Shigematsu is a Canadian radio broadcaster, comedian and filmmaker. He was the most recent host of
CBC Radio One 's former afternoon series "The Roundup ", where he replaced Bill Richardson in2004 . The show completed its final episode on November 4, 2005. Prior to working for CBC Radio, he was a writer for the Canadian TV show "This Hour Has 22 Minutes ".Shigematsu was born in
London, England in 1971. His family emigrated to Canada in 1974. He grew up inVancouver, British Columbia and studied in Montreal. He has a BFA fromConcordia University .In 1991, at the age of 19, Shigematsu became the youngest playwright to compete in the history of the
Quebec Drama Festival .From 1993 to 1996, Shigematsu wrote and performed his one-man show "
Rising Son " in Montreal, Boston,Los Angeles , andTokyo . In 1994, Tetsuro studied poetry withAllen Ginsberg . He then spent the following two years in Japan, where he studiedButoh dance with the founding master, Kazu Ohno in Yokohama, Japan.In 1996, he starred with
George Takei , (Star Trek 'sSulu ) in the television movie "Rinko The Best Bad Thing ", based upon the novel byYoshiko Uchida . During that same year, Tetsuro began hosting the Montreal Asian Heritage Festival.In 1997, he created and produced three episodes of "
La La Pan-Asia ", a half-hour TV show showcasing Asian youth culture. In 1998 he was awardedCanada Council grant to write a new play, "The Moons of Tokyo ". In 1999, Shigematsu was invited to be artist-in-residence atTechnoboro , an artist-run media lab.His video work has been seen in the
Montreal World Film Festival , theBiosphere , and won the Prix du Public at the Evénement Interuniversitaire d'Art.He speaks English, French, Japanese, and Persian.
In 2007, Tetsuro completed his feature film debut
Yellow Fellas , which he wrote & directed.External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Shigematsu%2C+Tetsuro&program=The+Roundup Tetsuro Shigematsu profile at the CBC]
* [http://shigematsu.com/tetsuro/ Tetsuro Shigematsu's personal website]
* [http://yellowfellas.com Tetsuro Shigematsu's movie website]
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