Moana Hom (she/her) is a Hawaiian-Chinese filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Storytelling has always been part of her creative core with her foundations built on the teachings from her mother, film education at Loyola Marymount University, and mentors on set in Hollywood.
You will find Moana off set at a live music show or exploring new places. Always curious and always seeking new experiences and communities, Moana allows these life moments to paint her visual worlds.
Moana has been able to blend her love of music with her love of storytelling by art directing music films and music videos with female pop baddies such as Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish. She has art coordinated over 100+ union affiliated advertising commercials with many of the Fortune 500 companies. She expands her creative boundaries by collaborating with fellow artists in mix medias.
A recent project she takes pride in, is the production design of the native Hawaiian feature film, Moloka'i Bound, which premiered at the 2024 Hawai'i International Film Festival which won Best Hawai'i Made Feature Film. Moana's Hawaiian heritage is what drives her today. Moana strongly believes in the preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian culture. She hopes to do so in a form that she knows best - mo'olelo (storytelling). Moana's intention is to see more Hawaiian stories and people represented in film and television.