Hirokazu Koreeda

Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film _Lessons from a Calf (1991)_ (qv). His first feature, _Maborosi (1995)_ (qv), based on a 'Teru Miyamoto' (qv) novel and drawn from his own experiences while filming _August Without Him (1994)_ (qv), won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago. The main themes of his oeuvre include memory, loss, death and the intersection of documentary and fictive narratives.::[email protected]