Writer, editor, script adaptor, and translator based in New York and Los Angeles.

Proprietor of Mia Matsuda Adaptation & Translation LLC.

Staff at Caesura magazine and Asymptote journal.

Script Adaptor, Proprietor
Mia Matsuda Adaptation & Translation LLC (NY/LA)

Adapt pivot language dialogue lists and create fluent English-language dubbing scripts for feature films and series (Netflix, Disney). Studio clients include Deluxe, Igloo, Roundabout, VSI, and Keywords.

(2021 - Present)

Script Adaptor, Translator, AD Writer, Timed Text Editor Post Haste Digital (LA)

Adapted and QCed English dubbing scripts for feature films and series (Netflix, HBO, Amazon). Wrote audio description for feature films and series (Netflix, HBO). Edited multilingual subtitles and closed captions for feature films and series (Fox/Disney, Sony, WB, NBC). Served as French translator and FRP/FRC reference point.

(2020 - 2021)

Script Services Writer
SDI Media (LA)

Created theatrical lists (enriched, heavily annotated dialogue lists) for feature films (Sony, WB). Researched and wrote thorough annotations for colloquial, slang, idiomatic and technical phrases.

(2018 - 2020)

Copyeditor, Contributor
Asymptote

Copyedit content (prose, poetry, drama, special features) for Asymptote journal’s website.
Asymptote

(2023 - Present)

Copyeditor, Editor, Contributor
Caesura

Copyedit content (prose, poetry, criticism, drama) for Caesura's website and print releases. Perform web layout for online publication. Solicit contributors, conduct peer-review, compose original pieces for publication.
Caesura

(2020 - Present)

Script Adaptations
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  • Alpha Males (2022-2024)

    Spanish to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

  • Uncle Samsik (2024)

    Korean to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

  • Sweet Home (2024)

    Korean to English script adaptation, lip sync, episodic.

  • The Contestant (2024)

    Japanese to English script adaptation, VO/UN-style, feature.

  • Is She the Wolf? (2023)

    Japanese to English script adaptation, VO/UN-style, episodic.

  • Everything Is Well (2023)

    French to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

  • Moving (2023)

    Korean to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

  • Chokehold (2023)

    Turkish to English script adaptation, lip-sync, feature.

  • Rumspringa (2022)

    German to English script adaptation, lip-sync, feature.

  • Fishbowl Wives (2022)

    Japanese to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

  • Luna Park (2021)

    Italian to English script adaptation, lip-sync, episodic.

Publications