Kayo Hatta, an independent filmmaker and director best known for her Sundance Film Festival award-winning film “Picture Bride,” died Wednesday in Encinitas, Calif.
The cause of death was an accidental drowning. She was 47.
Hatta also was a screenwriter, documentarian and educator, and her “Picture Bride” film was one of the first independent projects made in Hawaii. Her newest film, “Fishbowl,” will be shown in October at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Lori “Kayo” Hatta was born in Honolulu and grew up in Hawaii and New York. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University and an M.F.A. in Film from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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