Lisa Takeba (竹è'‰ãƒªã‚µ, Takeba Risa) is a Japanese film director
and screenwriter.Lisa Takeba was born in Japan in 1983. She has worked
in several media, writing a screenplay for a game for the Nintendo DS,
writing novels for mobile devices, and beginning in 2009 she also
wrote and directed a number of short films.Takeba's first feature film
as a director and writer was the quirky romantic comedy The Pinkie
which debuted at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January
2014 where it was nominated for the NETPAC Award (for the best Asian
feature film). Takeba traveled to Rotterdam for the film's
presentation and in an interview there, she said that Akio Jissoji was
a definite influence on her filmmaking. The Pinkie was also screened
at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2014,
where it won the Grand Prize and the Cinegar Award in the Off Theater
Competition.Her second feature film, Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory,
about a television coming to life, also had its world premier at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam, debuting in January 2015 in the
Tiger Awards competition. This new film, written and directed by
Takeba was partially funded from her Grand Prize winnings at Yubari in
2014 for The Pinkie. Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory was also
presented at the February 2015 Yubari Festival.
and screenwriter.Lisa Takeba was born in Japan in 1983. She has worked
in several media, writing a screenplay for a game for the Nintendo DS,
writing novels for mobile devices, and beginning in 2009 she also
wrote and directed a number of short films.Takeba's first feature film
as a director and writer was the quirky romantic comedy The Pinkie
which debuted at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January
2014 where it was nominated for the NETPAC Award (for the best Asian
feature film). Takeba traveled to Rotterdam for the film's
presentation and in an interview there, she said that Akio Jissoji was
a definite influence on her filmmaking. The Pinkie was also screened
at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2014,
where it won the Grand Prize and the Cinegar Award in the Off Theater
Competition.Her second feature film, Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory,
about a television coming to life, also had its world premier at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam, debuting in January 2015 in the
Tiger Awards competition. This new film, written and directed by
Takeba was partially funded from her Grand Prize winnings at Yubari in
2014 for The Pinkie. Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory was also
presented at the February 2015 Yubari Festival.
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