Andy Kawanami

Director of Community Media

Andy Kawanami

he/him

Andy was at BAVC from 2010-2015 and has recently rejoined the organization in 2022 as the Director of Community Media. In addition to overseeing SF Commons, San Francisco’s community media access center, Andy also leads BAVC’s fee-for-service production department – BAVC Productions.

Andy has produced a wide range of projects across industries and public sectors including entertainment, nonprofit, healthcare, and government. Andy is a San Francisco native and began his career directing and producing music videos for local Bay Area artists. He then went on to produce a number of classic and award winning music videos including MIA “Paper Planes”, FloRida “Low”, and E-40 “Tell Me When To Go”.