Nathan Kitada was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Portola Valley, CA. He attended Yale University, graduating in 2005 with a double-major in "Theater Studies" and "Ethnicity, Race, and Migration." In 2007, he garnered an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, CA, where he now resides. Nathan is currently a director with 5432 Films, an online content production company that has created branded entertainment for clients like Verizon and Wrigley's Gum, as well as narrative webisodic work for Heavy.com, MySpace.com, and Cherry Sky Films. He's previously worked as a video editor for Electronic Arts and in Business Development (Web/Mobile) for Platinum Studios. Nathan was a 2007 Project:Involve Fellow, and a 2008 NATPE Diversity Fellow.