Miwa Nishikawa (è¥¿å· ç¾Žå'Œ, Nishikawa Miwa, born July 8, 1974 in
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese director and screenwriter.
Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of
Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as
catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off
with her first film, Wild Berries, which won the award for best
screenplay at the Mainichi Film Award. In addition to her film making
career, Nishikawa has also written a book titled The Long
Excuse.Nishikawa began her film career as a college student working as
a staff member on Hirokazu Koreeda's 1998 film After Life. Soon
afterward she was an assistant director for Yoshimitsu Morita on his
1999 thriller The Black House (é»'㠄家, Kuroi ie). and again on his
2001 movie Distance. When Nishikawa went on to write and direct her
first feature film, the September 2003 release, Wild Berries, Koreeda
was the producer. The film won the Best New Director award at the 2004
Yokohama Film Festival, the Best New Director prize at the 13th
Japanese Professional Movie Awards and the Best Screenplay Award and
one of the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Awards at the 58th Mainichi
Film Concours for 2003.After directing a segment in the omnibus work
Fiimeiru, Nishikawa wrote and directed her second feature film Sway in
2006. The film brought Nishikawa both the Best Screenplay and Best
Director awards at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival and the film won
First Place Best Film at the festival. In 2009, she directed her third
full-length film Dear Doctor and also wrote the screenplay which she
adapted from her own novel. Nishikawa won the Best Screenplay award at
the 31st Yokohama Film Festival where Dear Doctor took the Best Film
Award. She also took the Best Director award at the 2009 Hochi Film
Awards.Nishikawa's next film, Dreams for Sale, about a young couple
engaged in a marriage fraud scheme, was released in Japan in September
2012 and was shown at various international film festivals including
the Toronto International Film Festival, the Chicago International
Film Festival and at the Japan Society of New York. Nishikawa
travelled to San Francisco for the film's screening at the first Japan
Film Festival in San Francisco in August 2013. At an interview there
she lamented the state of the Japanese film industry saying that it
was boring because "nobody wants to embark on a venture."
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima) is a Japanese director and screenwriter.
Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of
Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as
catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off
with her first film, Wild Berries, which won the award for best
screenplay at the Mainichi Film Award. In addition to her film making
career, Nishikawa has also written a book titled The Long
Excuse.Nishikawa began her film career as a college student working as
a staff member on Hirokazu Koreeda's 1998 film After Life. Soon
afterward she was an assistant director for Yoshimitsu Morita on his
1999 thriller The Black House (é»'㠄家, Kuroi ie). and again on his
2001 movie Distance. When Nishikawa went on to write and direct her
first feature film, the September 2003 release, Wild Berries, Koreeda
was the producer. The film won the Best New Director award at the 2004
Yokohama Film Festival, the Best New Director prize at the 13th
Japanese Professional Movie Awards and the Best Screenplay Award and
one of the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Awards at the 58th Mainichi
Film Concours for 2003.After directing a segment in the omnibus work
Fiimeiru, Nishikawa wrote and directed her second feature film Sway in
2006. The film brought Nishikawa both the Best Screenplay and Best
Director awards at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival and the film won
First Place Best Film at the festival. In 2009, she directed her third
full-length film Dear Doctor and also wrote the screenplay which she
adapted from her own novel. Nishikawa won the Best Screenplay award at
the 31st Yokohama Film Festival where Dear Doctor took the Best Film
Award. She also took the Best Director award at the 2009 Hochi Film
Awards.Nishikawa's next film, Dreams for Sale, about a young couple
engaged in a marriage fraud scheme, was released in Japan in September
2012 and was shown at various international film festivals including
the Toronto International Film Festival, the Chicago International
Film Festival and at the Japan Society of New York. Nishikawa
travelled to San Francisco for the film's screening at the first Japan
Film Festival in San Francisco in August 2013. At an interview there
she lamented the state of the Japanese film industry saying that it
was boring because "nobody wants to embark on a venture."
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