Christopher Makoto Yogi is a filmmaker born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Chris recently graduated with a MFA in Cinematic Arts from USC, where he wrote and directed a number of films that have screened across the country. His thesis film, Layover, on the Shore premiered at the 2009 Hawai‘i International Film Festival and was awarded Best Hawaiian Short at the Big Island Film Festival. Chris is an avid writer and an award-winning screenwriter.

Chris also has extensive experience in documentary film with companies such as Interloper Films, Radiant Features and CounterPoint Films. He is currently editing the feature documentary Sick Mick and the Boys for DocRiot.

In 2009, Chris was a participant in the Kyoto Filmmakers Lab, sponsored by Toei and Shochiku Studios and the Museum of Kyoto.

In another life, Chris was a member of the semi-fictitious rock band, The Good Day Sirs.

If it were possible, Chris would sing karaoke every single night.