Mipo O (오미보, å ³ç¾Žä¿ , O Mipo) (born March 3, 1977 in Iga, Mie,
Japan) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and commercial
director. Her name is also romanized Mipo Oh.After graduating from the
Osaka University of Arts Visual Concept Planning Department, O began
working as a screenwriter under director Nobuhiko Obayashi. She soon
expanded to directing, and her third short film Eye won a prize at the
Short Shorts Film Festival in 2002, while her short film Grandmother
won the grand prize in the Digital Shorts category of Tokyo
International Fantastic Film Festival. In 2005, she wrote her first
feature-length screenplay, The Sakai’s Happiness, which won the
Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award, and the following year,
she directed her first feature-length film based on this screenplay.
In 2010, she wrote and directed Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!, which
played at the Busan International Film Festival and took the grand
prize for the Kaneto Shindo Awards, awarded to promising directors by
a committee of Japanese producers. She won the best director award at
the Montreal World Film Festival for The Light Shines Only There,
which was also nominated to be Japan's entry for the Academy Award for
Best Foreign Film. Her next film, You Are a Good Kid, for which she
teamed up again with the producer and screenwriter of The Light Shines
Only There, will be released in 2015. In addition to films, she also
writes and directs commercials and episodes for television.She is a
third generation Korean-Japanese.
Japan) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and commercial
director. Her name is also romanized Mipo Oh.After graduating from the
Osaka University of Arts Visual Concept Planning Department, O began
working as a screenwriter under director Nobuhiko Obayashi. She soon
expanded to directing, and her third short film Eye won a prize at the
Short Shorts Film Festival in 2002, while her short film Grandmother
won the grand prize in the Digital Shorts category of Tokyo
International Fantastic Film Festival. In 2005, she wrote her first
feature-length screenplay, The Sakai’s Happiness, which won the
Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award, and the following year,
she directed her first feature-length film based on this screenplay.
In 2010, she wrote and directed Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!, which
played at the Busan International Film Festival and took the grand
prize for the Kaneto Shindo Awards, awarded to promising directors by
a committee of Japanese producers. She won the best director award at
the Montreal World Film Festival for The Light Shines Only There,
which was also nominated to be Japan's entry for the Academy Award for
Best Foreign Film. Her next film, You Are a Good Kid, for which she
teamed up again with the producer and screenwriter of The Light Shines
Only There, will be released in 2015. In addition to films, she also
writes and directs commercials and episodes for television.She is a
third generation Korean-Japanese.
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