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Kenn Kashima

Kenn Kashima

Editor

Kenn Kashima, ACE is a filmmaker and picture editor. His short 35mm film, NOTES ON A SCALE, was accepted into the prestigious Telluride Film Festival and Locarno Film Festival. His other directorial efforts include the short films A RHYTHMICAL REFLECTION and COLORED PAPER. The later film received the Chiyo Kuwahara Creative Arts Scholarship. Kashima also directed VOICE YOUR VOTE, the very first Asian Pacific American PSA to get the community out to vote. The commercial starred such heavies as Ming-Na Wen, Mako, Margaret Cho, Russell Wong, Amy Hill, BD Wong and Tamlyn Tomita. His feature script, A RHAPSODY IN RICHMOND, was optioned and ready to go into production until a casting conflict had Kashima and the producer part ways. Picture editing came next. Kashima has edited a total of thirteen independent feature films. Some of the landmark films Kashima edited were YELLOW (starring John Cho), AMERICANESE (starring Joan Chen), Sony Pictures THE DEBUT, and CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES. The later two films were on Rotten Tomatoes "60 Best Asian American Movies Of All Time." His television credits include such diverse shows as AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, THE BACHELOR, GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS, and IRON CHEF AMERICA. Kashima is a rare and multifarious editor. He has edited theatrical features, daily live television, concerts, and a ton of non-scripted television shows. He has cut films on a flatbed to 28 cameras on an NLE system. His background as a writer, director, and film editor has enabled him to cut with assuredness, speed, and efficiency. Kashima embraces having authorship on an entire show because one's storytelling cannot be seen by simply cutting a "pod." Kashima states, "The network model of cutting pods has given birth to a generation of editors who can't tell a story beyond one act." Kashima resides in Los Angeles, Ca, and spends most of his free time editing, practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and trying to get his daughters to listen to jazz.

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Works as
Editor
Titles
17 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Kenn Kashima's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
44%
Bonds
21%
Society
21%
Survival
5%
Ideas
5%
Morality
4%
Ambition11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
11
Thrilling
8
Tense
6
Hopeful
6
Warm
3
Other
11

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kenn Kashima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on discovery+ (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kenn Kashima's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

Across their 17 MovieCove titles from 1999 to 2026.

Highest rated

Funny AF with Kevin Hart (2026)

Midcredits 62nd

Most popular right now

Halloween Baking Championship (2015)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing17 of 17: 17 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score17th

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s10 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Kenn Kashima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kenn Kashima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Dame shares the most, 5.

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