Prior expat in Japan looking to return to the country after time away from it, with an eye to stay long term if possible. I have prior ALT experience and would be looking to hone my ESL skills given that teaching/tutoring will always be the most feasible source of employment and visa sponsorship in the country. As a result I'm currently attempting to obtain TEFL certification. Prior experience also includes film/TV post-production, customer service, and light industrial work. Fifteen years of post-production experience in large major-media companies plus two years of production experience (grip, PA, sound), so these fields could also possibly interest me.After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a film production degree, I worked as a crew member on independent films. With the guidance of my original mentor, I moved to the post-production side and worked at Walt Disney Imagineering as a post-production assistant before moving on to Laser Pacific, a major post-production house in Hollywood/Burbank. I started off in the tape vault and eventually managed it. From there I moved to digital restoration, which involved cleaning film-based TV shows, feature films, and episodes of The Simpsons when still animated using cel animation. I stayed there for nearly twelve years and loved what I was doing, but the itch to leave L.A. and experience new things grew too large (I was born and raised here and was growing very weary of having only lived in one city). Due to my friendship with a former co-worker who had moved to Boise, Idaho, I decided to move there to start a new journey in life despite the high likelihood of my career being sidetracked. That proved to be the case, and adjusting to the local job market was needed to survive. In due time I realized that Boise was not the place for me to settle down in. I always enjoyed and admired Japanese culture, and I have a friend who moved to Japan and swore that I would love it there. I worked as an ALT and did love my time there. But financial considerations and a pending girlfriend necessitated a move back to the U.S. Neither of those factors apply to my life now, and so I look to return to a country that will hopefully provide the sense of purpose and enjoyment as it did prior.