Naoko Ogigami (è »ä¸Š ç›´å , Ogigami Naoko, born 1972 in Chiba
Prefecturea) is a Japanese film director. Among her most notable works
are her films Kamome Shokudo and Megane. At the 2008 Berlin
International Film Festival Megane won the Manfred Salzberger Award,
for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today."Ogigami attended Chiba
University's Image Science program. After graduating in 1994, she
moved to the United States to study film at the University of Southern
California. There she studied for six years, learning English and
completing a graduate degree in film production. In 2000, she returned
to Japan and later began writing and directing films.While living in
the United States, Ogigami worked on several short films, television
shows, and commercials as a cinematographer, camera operator, and
production assistant. She also wrote and directed two short films,
Ayako (1999) and Hoshino-kun, Yumino-kun (2001). Yumino-kun won 3
different awards at the PIA Film Festival the year it premiered. Her
first feature film, Yoshino's Barber Shop premiered at the PIA Film
Festival in and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004 winning
awards at both. Her next feature film, Love is Five, Seven, Five! was
released a year later in 2005. In 2006 her third film Kamome Diner was
given a limited release in Japan. It would later go on to tour a
number of festivals, and was awarded the 5th Best Film at the Yokohama
Film Festival in 2007.In 2008 Glasses, her fourth film, was featured
at the Berlin International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and
San Francisco International Film Festival, though it first premiered a
year earlier. At the Berlin International Film Festival, Glasses was
nominated for and won the Manfred Salzgeber Award for "broadening the
boundaries of cinema today." The film was also nominated for the Grand
Jury Prize for Dramatic World Cinema, though it lost to Jens Jonssen's
The King of Ping Pong.
Prefecturea) is a Japanese film director. Among her most notable works
are her films Kamome Shokudo and Megane. At the 2008 Berlin
International Film Festival Megane won the Manfred Salzberger Award,
for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today."Ogigami attended Chiba
University's Image Science program. After graduating in 1994, she
moved to the United States to study film at the University of Southern
California. There she studied for six years, learning English and
completing a graduate degree in film production. In 2000, she returned
to Japan and later began writing and directing films.While living in
the United States, Ogigami worked on several short films, television
shows, and commercials as a cinematographer, camera operator, and
production assistant. She also wrote and directed two short films,
Ayako (1999) and Hoshino-kun, Yumino-kun (2001). Yumino-kun won 3
different awards at the PIA Film Festival the year it premiered. Her
first feature film, Yoshino's Barber Shop premiered at the PIA Film
Festival in and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004 winning
awards at both. Her next feature film, Love is Five, Seven, Five! was
released a year later in 2005. In 2006 her third film Kamome Diner was
given a limited release in Japan. It would later go on to tour a
number of festivals, and was awarded the 5th Best Film at the Yokohama
Film Festival in 2007.In 2008 Glasses, her fourth film, was featured
at the Berlin International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and
San Francisco International Film Festival, though it first premiered a
year earlier. At the Berlin International Film Festival, Glasses was
nominated for and won the Manfred Salzgeber Award for "broadening the
boundaries of cinema today." The film was also nominated for the Grand
Jury Prize for Dramatic World Cinema, though it lost to Jens Jonssen's
The King of Ping Pong.
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