Our Team

Head Media Monk - Greg Viloria

Greg is a marketing professional, story teller, and community organizer who is active in Japantown and San Francisco’s startup community. Early in his career, Greg has held engineering, design, business management, operational and product development roles in the IT and Semiconductor industries. 

His first involvement in film came when he was working in a cross-cultural Asian branding consultancy - btrax. There, one of his first assignments was to work on Japanese Social Media with the Academy Award Winning film - The Cove. Greg was on the PR team entrusted in promoting the film in Japan where there was a negative view of the film. Over the past five years, he has been working under the tutelage and guidance of Daron Ker, founder of Water Buffalo Pictures, on projects like the Claremont Children’s Film Festival, and pre-production on some of Daron’s recent film/video projects learning the art of filmmaking.

Recently, he has been collaborating with the NBC Bay Area’s Asian Pacific America with Robert Honda and working on stories for the Japanese business and Japantown community.

“Filmmaking is the industrial manufacturing of anxiety”
- Ken Burns

Greg’s job is to take out the anxiety of the process and make it a positive process for both clients and crew.

Content Creating Monk - Allen Lin

Allen covers events with his camera. His passion is helping independent restaurants and cafes tells stories via video. He has been the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival’s Media lead for the past 4 years. He graduated SF State University in Media.

Graphics Media Monk - Selena Joe

Selena Joe is a graphic effects artist from the Bay Area. She graduated from Ringling College with a degree in Motion Design. Selena can effectively communicate a client’s brand by providing multiple iterations for a single concept. She is happy to provide storyboards and styleframes to help aid the completion of designed animation (i.e. title sequences, broadcast animation (in 2D), social media posts, etc.). Selena also designed this year’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival poster/banner for San Francisco’s Japantown. Selena is interested in creating work that’s fun, lively and/or sophisticated, and wants to carry that energy to client projects. In her spare time, she likes to listen to k-pop and pop culture analyses on Youtube.

Associate Media Monk - Ryan Lee

Ryan is a graduate of San Francisco State’s journalism program where he focused on storytelling through multimedia.

As an aspiring film maker, he enjoys meeting people from all walks of life and listening to their stories. He has supported and shot most of Monks Media Works recent projects. His personal projects has him covering crypto currency, sneaker culture and pro-life protests on campus. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and watching documentaries.

Japanese Media Monk - Taiko Fujimura

Taiko Fujimura is currently our creative butterfly, Japanese content producer, and creative director focusing on Japanese pop culture events and Japanese companies. She interviews Japanese professionals who live and work in the US trying to expand their businesses or creative work in the US. 

Taiko has over 10 years of experience in Business Development, Administration, Strategic Management, Licensing, Graphic Design, and Translation. She works with international game developers for localization and works as a visual artist and a creative director for various projects. She is also an aspiring game programmer and a J-pop culture enthusiast. 

Video Creating and Producing Monk - Greg Wong

Greg is our Japan connection. Greg takes an idea from initial concept development to completion, including scripting, shooting and editing high quality deliverables that are distributed through various digital platforms. His working knowledge of on-set production including directing and producing helps this team keep it together.

Greg is an accomplished photographer where his photos have appeared in print and digital formats across the globe. He is ready to serve you in the country of Japan.

Production Support Monk - Kevin Yoza

Kevin supports our production in various aspects - from audio to grip. He is the Monks Media swiss army knife. You can find him behind the camera from time to time documenting events.

Associate Producer / Editor Monk - Max Nihei

Max produces our virtual event content and edits media. He has background in art curation and delivering virtual live content for seminars and events. He is an invaluable member of the cutting room team.