Scott W. Kekama Amona is an award-winning Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) director, producer, and writer, who transitioned from a career in education to storytelling. His work has garnered him notable accolades, including being a fellow at the Sundance Native Shorts Lab and the inaugural IllumiNative + Netflix Indigenous Producers Program. In 2024, he was honored as the NATIVe Stand recipient for the Indigenous Cinema Alliance. Kekama is also one of eight Native Hawaiian writer-directors selected for the inaugural Makawalu
 feature film project, a collaboration with the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF) alongside esteemed producers Sarah S. Kim, Anderson Le, John Cheng (3AD Media), and Daniel Dae Kim, with production set to commence in 2025. His short film, E Malama Pono, Willy Boy (EMPWB), premiered at the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and has since earned several audience awards at both HIFF and Māoriland Film Festivals. He is also developing an eight-part documentary series as one of six Indigenous filmmakers selected to participate in the 2025 4th World Media Lab, a collaborative partnership between the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Camden International Film Festival. He has also served as story consultant for WGBH Kids + Atomic Cartoons’ animated PBS Kids children’s series Molly of Denali. Currently, Kekama is in script development for his first feature film, titled Kānaka Kung Fu, which he is co-writing with his life partner Nani Rían Kenna Ross. A lifelong surfer and passionate activist, he is based in Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.