Hikari

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Osaka, Japan

Also Known As Mitsuyo Miyazaki, Kiyoka Miyazaki, 宮崎光代

Hikari

Biography

Originally from Osaka, Japan, HIKARI, also known as Mitsuyo Miyazaki is an award-winning writer, director and producer. Her debut short film Tsuyako (Drama, 2011) visited over 100 film festivals worldwide receiving 50 awards including DGA Student Award for the Best Female Filmmaker and the film was qualified for the Oscar in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, she was one of the 5 directors to create a short film for the first annual Lexus Short Films, produced by The Weinstein Company. Her live action/animated short film A Better Tomorrow (Fantasy Adventure, 2013) premiered at Festival de Cannes, special screening hosted by TWC and Lexus International. Her latest dance short film Where We Begin (Drama, 2015) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and received 8 awards at festivals nationwide. Most recently she had participated at Sundance Institute/NHK Screenwriting Workshop in Tokyo as well as Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab with her feature script Cantering. HIKARI holds an MFA in Film and TV production from USC School of Cinematic Arts and currently represented by Paradigm Talent Agency. She believes in the power of visual communication, and that it changes society and the minds of the people.

Known For

Director

Eleanor & Park

as Director

Dan And Sam

as Director

Rental Family

as Director

2023
BEEF

as Director

2022
Tokyo Vice

as Director

2019
37 Seconds

as Director

2013
A Better Tomorrow

as Director

2011
Tsuyako

as Director

Writer

Rental Family

as Writer

2019
37 Seconds

as Screenplay

2011
Tsuyako

as Writer

Producer

Rental Family

as Producer

2019
37 Seconds

as Producer

Actor

2005
Memoirs of a Geisha

as Spring Festival Dancer