Gregory Hatanaka is an American filmmaker, producer, and distributor whose career bridges international film distribution and independent feature production. He is the founder of Cinema Epoch and Cineridge Entertainment, companies through which he has overseen the release and circulation of a wide range of independent and international films across theatrical and digital platforms. Hatanaka began his career in film distribution in the 1990s, working with cult and international cinema and helping introduce global genre and arthouse titles to U.S. audiences. His early work focused particularly on Asian and specialty films, reflecting a long-standing passion for drive-in cinema, action films, and unconventional storytelling. This foundation in international distribution informed his later approach as a filmmaker, blending genre tradition with stylistic experimentation. Transitioning into directing and producing his own features, Hatanaka developed a body of work that moves between action, thriller, drama, and surreal independent cinema. His films often explore themes of identity, obsession, moral ambiguity, and emotional isolation. Visually, his work combines classical influences with contemporary digital production techniques, frequently embracing tonal shifts, heightened atmosphere, and character-driven intensity. Known for maintaining close creative involvement in multiple stages of production, Hatanaka often works across development, editing, and post-production to preserve continuity of vision. His dual experience in both distribution and filmmaking provides him with a practical understanding of how independent films evolve from concept to audience. Prolific and adaptable, Hatanaka continues to develop new projects while managing an expanding catalog of independent cinema. His career reflects a sustained commitment to genre filmmaking, global film culture, and the evolving landscape of digital distribution.
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| 2025 | A Man Is Dead |
| 2024 | Blow Out as Fatalama |
| 2022 | Another Way To Die as Raj Sati Benefit |
| 2019 | Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2 as Self |
| 2016 | Deconstructing Dunning |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance as Richard Forst |
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| 2026 | Maid Robot 2 - Producer |
| 2026 | Sasquatch Within - Director |
| 2026 | Sasquatch Within - Writer |
| 2026 | Beyond Sasquatch - Director |
| 2026 | Boy Of Your Dreams 2 - Producer |
| 2026 | Maid Robot - Producer |
| 2026 | Tutor Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2026 | Beyond Sasquatch - Writer |
| 2026 | Bikini Lawyer - Producer |
| 2026 | Office Tokyo Decadence - Producer |
| 2026 | One Hour Girlfriend - Director |
| 2026 | Bikini Office Girl - Producer |
| 2026 | One Hour Girlfriend - Producer |
| 2026 | Red Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2026 | One Hour Girlfriend - Writer |
| 2026 | Angels of Tokyo Decadence - Producer |
| 2026 | Bikini Nurses - Producer |
| 2026 | Body Of Nurses - Producer |
| 2026 | Sorority House Guillotine - Director |
| 2026 | Bad Girl Office - Producer |
| 2026 | Sorority House Guillotine - Writer |
| 2026 | Blue Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2026 | Sudden Light - Director |
| 2026 | Say Cheese - Executive Producer |
| 2026 | Sudden Light - Producer |
| 2026 | Sudden Light - Writer |
| 2025 | The Anna Game - Producer |
| 2025 | The Dead Guy - Producer |
| 2025 | Shadow Death - Producer |
| 2025 | Lady in the Urn - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Lady in the Urn - Producer |
| 2025 | After Divorce - Producer |
| 2025 | Apologize - Producer |
| 2025 | Saving the Alpha CEO - Producer |
| 2025 | Haunted House Movie - Producer |
| 2025 | Bad Girl Sunday School - Producer |
| 2025 | Amityville Chupacabra - Producer |
| 2025 | Dreams for Lease - Producer |
| 2025 | Kamasutra Cowgirl - Producer |
| 2025 | Amityville La Llorona - Producer |
| 2025 | La Llorona Kamasutra - Producer |
| 2025 | Chupacabra vs. La Llorona - Producer |
| 2025 | Bikini Guillotine - Producer |
| 2025 | Bad Girl School - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Bad Girl School - Producer |
| 2025 | Bigfoot Primal Encounter - Producer |
| 2025 | Divorced - Producer |
| 2025 | Anatomy Lab - Producer |
| 2025 | Blood Rush - Producer |
| 2025 | Robot Girlfriend: Revenge - Producer |
| 2025 | Boy of Your Dreams - Producer |
| 2025 | Dance the Kung Fu - Producer |
| 2025 | The Creativity Workshop - Producer |
| 2025 | Red Static Rising - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Red Static Rising - Producer |
| 2025 | The Idaho College Killer - Producer |
| 2025 | The Mother's Eye - Producer |
| 2025 | Blood of La Llorona - Producer |
| 2025 | Torment of the Witch - Producer |
| 2025 | Butchered by Sundown - Producer |
| 2025 | Laserium - Producer |
| 2025 | A Man Is Dead - Director |
| 2025 | A Man Is Dead - Writer |
| 2025 | Paranormal Body Stream - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Paranormal Body Stream - Presenter |
| 2025 | Paranormal Body Stream - Producer |
| 2025 | Battle Beyond Mars - Producer |
| 2025 | The Centipede Strangler - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Angels in Retina - Producer |
| 2025 | Feral - Producer |
| 2025 | Poison Tree - Producer |
| 2025 | Sorority Girl Massacre: Black Static at the Moment of Death - Producer |
| 2025 | Love Never Leaves - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Love Never Leaves - Producer |
| 2025 | American Psychopath - Executive Co-Producer |
| 2025 | American Scream - Producer |
| 2025 | Trail Cam Sasquatch - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Love Hurts - Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Love Hurts - Producer |
| 2025 | Demon Spawn - Producer |
| 2024 | Blow Out - Cinematography |
| 2024 | Blow Out - Director |
| 2024 | Blow Out - Editor |
| 2024 | Blow Out - Producer |
| 2024 | Blow Out - Writer |
| 2024 | Maid Droid Origins - Producer |
| 2024 | One Million Babes BC - Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Souls of the Damned - Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Yakuza Girl - Producer |
| 2024 | Bolero - Cinematography |
| 2024 | Bolero - Director |
| 2024 | American Werewolf - Producer |
| 2024 | Sleaze Please: The World of Bill Margold - Director |
| 2024 | Sleaze Please: The World of Bill Margold - Producer |
| 2024 | Sleaze Please: The World of Bill Margold - Writer |
| 2024 | Boiling Point - Director |
| 2024 | Blue Belt - Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Blue Belt - Producer |
| 2024 | Boiling Point - Writer |
| 2024 | We Are Wolves - Producer |
| 2024 | Panic - Director |
| 2024 | Panic - Director of Photography |
| 2024 | The DeMarco Crew - Director |
| 2024 | The DeMarco Crew - Director of Photography |
| 2024 | The DeMarco Crew - Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Amityville Backpack - Co-Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Crack: Back in Da Hood - Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Crack: Back in Da Hood - Producer |
| 2023 | Backfire - Director |
| 2023 | Backfire - Writer |
| 2023 | Deadly Western - Director |
| 2023 | Allan Quatermain and the Spear of Destiny - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Maid Droid - Producer |
| 2023 | Baby Cat - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Baby Cat - Producer |
| 2023 | Fatal Justice - Cinematography |
| 2023 | Fatal Justice - Producer |
| 2023 | Mansplained - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Amityville Emanuelle - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Amityville Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2023 | Night Cops - Director |
| 2023 | Night Cops - Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Night Cops - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Convulsion - Director |
| 2023 | Convulsion - Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Convulsion - Producer |
| 2023 | Crack - Director |
| 2023 | Crack - Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Crack - Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Bikini Hackers - Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Bikini Hackers - Producer |
| 2023 | Felines - Producer |
| 2023 | Amor Emanuelle - Director |
| 2023 | Amor Emanuelle - Director of Photography |
| 2023 | Amor Emanuelle - Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Dark Deeds - Director |
| 2022 | Dark Deeds - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Dark Deeds - Producer |
| 2022 | American Western - Director |
| 2022 | Wicked Game - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Wicked Game - Producer |
| 2022 | Another Way To Die - Director |
| 2022 | Another Way To Die - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Another Way To Die - Producer |
| 2022 | Bad Timing - Director |
| 2022 | Bad Timing - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Bad Timing - Executive Producer |
| 2022 | All About Araya - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | All About Araya - Producer |
| 2022 | Call Me Emanuelle - Director |
| 2022 | Call Me Emanuelle - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Call Me Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2022 | Love Crime - Director of Photography |
| 2022 | Love Crime - Producer |
| 2021 | The Wrong Sarah - Producer |
| 2021 | A Wiseguy Christmas - Director |
| 2021 | A Wiseguy Christmas - Director of Photography |
| 2021 | A Wiseguy Christmas - Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Magical Christmas Tree - Producer |
| 2021 | The Awakening of Emanuelle - Director |
| 2021 | The Awakening of Emanuelle - Director of Photography |
| 2021 | The Awakening of Emanuelle - Producer |
| 2021 | Amityville Cop - Director |
| 2021 | Amityville Cop - Director of Photography |
| 2021 | Amityville Cop - Producer |
| 2021 | American Mobster: Retribution - Director |
| 2021 | American Mobster: Retribution - Director of Photography |
| 2021 | American Mobster: Retribution - Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Kill Plan - Director |
| 2021 | Kill Plan - Director of Photography |
| 2021 | Kill Plan - Producer |
| 2020 | A Christmas Love - Director |
| 2020 | A Christmas Love - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | As I Kiss You - Cinematography |
| 2020 | As I Kiss You - Producer |
| 2020 | As I Kiss You - Writer |
| 2020 | Quarantine Girl - Director |
| 2020 | Quarantine Girl - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Quarantine Girl - Producer |
| 2020 | Sinful - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Sinful - Producer |
| 2020 | Heartbeat - Director |
| 2020 | Heartbeat - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Heartbeat - Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Heartbeat - Writer |
| 2020 | Choke - Cinematography |
| 2020 | Choke - Director |
| 2020 | Choke - Producer |
| 2020 | Choke - Writer |
| 2020 | Acrylic - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Acrylic - Producer |
| 2020 | Body of Night - Director |
| 2020 | Body of Night - Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Body of Night - Producer |
| 2020 | Body of Night - Story |
| 2019 | Darling Nikki - Director |
| 2019 | Darling Nikki - Producer |
| 2019 | Darling Nikki - Writer |
| 2019 | Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2 - Producer |
| 2019 | The Haunting of La Llorona - Producer |
| 2018 | Death Toilet - Thanks |
| 2018 | War Raiders - Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Holy Terror - Director of Photography |
| 2017 | Holy Terror - Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Death Game - Director |
| 2016 | Caged Beauty - Director |
| 2016 | Caged Beauty - Producer |
| 2016 | Caged Beauty - Writer |
| 2015 | Sociopathia - Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance - Director |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance - Editor |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance - Producer |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance - Screenplay |
| 2015 | Hunter - Director |
| 2015 | Hunter - Producer |
| 2015 | Dv2 - Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Dv3 - Producer |
| 2013 | Blue Dream - Director |
| 2013 | Blue Dream - Producer |
| 2013 | Blue Dream - Screenplay |
| 2011 | American Nudist - Director |
| 2011 | Violent Blue - Director |
| 2011 | Violent Blue - Producer |
| 2011 | Violent Blue - Screenplay |
| 2009 | Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter - Producer |
| 2008 | Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 - Co-Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Mad Cowgirl - Director |
| 2006 | Mad Cowgirl - Director of Photography |
| 2006 | Mad Cowgirl - Editor |
| 2006 | Mad Cowgirl - Producer |
| 2006 | Mad Cowgirl - Writer |
| 2005 | 美麗酒吧 - Director |
| 2004 | Gecenin Sesi - Director |
| 2004 | Gecenin Sesi - Writer |
| 2001 | Ölüm Makinesi - Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Double Deception - Executive Producer |
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