KENJI WILLIAMS

Creative Director and Composer, Kenji Williams is an award winning filmmaker, music producer, theatrical show director, and classically-trained violinist. A world bridger of music, visual arts, science and unique storytelling, Williams has collaborated with international DJ John Digweed, evolutionary philosopher Ken Wilber, world famous painter Alex Grey, the Gates Planetarium (Denver Museum of Nature & Science), and is exposing his solo work from big music festivals around the world, to mainstream television, and film soundtracks. His current live multimedia show, “BELLA GAIA”, involves collaborating with institutions such as NASA and The Smithsonian. In addition to public and critical acclaim, Pioneer, Panasonic, and Sony corporations have sponsored Williams with technology to support his artistic vision.

Combining unique skills in film and music, Williams has earned international film awards from the CSC to Sundance and has been featured in the media from European publications and BBC radio, to mainstream Japanese press, to NPR, Tricycle, XM Radio, AV Revolution, XLR8R, and Apple.com. Composer and producer of 6 music albums, Director of 15 films and music videos, 3 feature length projects, and 3 multimedia theatrical live shows, Kenji Williams is respected as pushing the boundaries of audio visual art and theatrical performance..

Classically trained in Violin since the age of 7, Kenji Williams performs live ethereal- style violin, with a laptop, keyboard and drum machine. Tracking Kenji’s multimedia career, from classical violin training, to his early influences in Detroit and European techno, to a BFA in Film Production, and touring with Dub Hip Hop Reggae bands and trance group Medicine Drum, while simultaneously producing and directing films and music videos, the combination of ingredients that make Williams’ art fuse into an exotic and tantalizing audio visual experience.

Kenji Williams is booked from Europe to America to Japan, performing at major music festivals, to international conferences, to high end Full-dome theaters and museums, to 300,000 person outdoor events. Williams has also collaborated with visionary artists as Alex Grey in the ‘Worldspirit’ project, critically acclaimed by revered philosopher, Ken Wilber.

Collaborating with the most respected artists of our time, Williams is re-shaping the context of communication arts by pioneering new worlds of musical composition and performance, while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of film & visual communication, and combining them on the stage. Considered by many as a "next level" multimedia artist, Kenji Williams delivers unique and out-of-this- world experiences to audiences worldwide.

Bella Gaia - Planetarium Show from Light Harvest Studio - Ryan Uzi on Vimeo.