Aya Tanimura is an Australian-Japanese writer and director, based in Los Angeles, California. [1]
Career
Short films
Her directorial credits include Mobius (2011), U-2074 (2010), and Mrs. Kim, (2010) [2] which was a finalist in Los Angeles Magazine's Get L.A. short film competition. [3] Also produced in 2010, Tanimura's film Sweet-As won the People's Choice award and was a finalist for Tourism New Zealand's '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition. [4] In 2013, Tanimura produced Kill of the Night under Visual Communications' Armed With a Camera fellowship which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival [5] and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival. [6]
Music videos
In 2013, Tanimura directed lyric videos for Katy Perry's songs " Roar" [7] and " Unconditionally". [8]
In 2014, she directed Perry's lyric video for " Birthday" [9] which was one of the 2014 MTV VMA nominees for "Best Lyric Video." [10]
In 2016 she directed Alessia Cara's music video for " How Far I'll Go".
In 2017, she directed Perry's lyric video for " Chained to the Rhythm". [11]
See also
References
- ^ "About". Aya Tanimura. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ "Aya Tanimura IMDB page". IMDB. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ "Los Angeles magazine's eight Get L.A. film finalists". LA Observed. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "'Your Big Break' Film Competition Finalists Announced". Tourism New Zealand. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Kill of the Night". Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ^ "Lady Filmmakers Film Festival". Lady Filmmakers Film Festival. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Watch Katy Perry's 'Roar' Lyric Video!". MTV Buzzworthy Blog. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ Rosen, Christopher (October 21, 2013). "Katy Perry's 'Unconditionally' Lyric Video Has All The Feels". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Katy Perry - Birthday - Lyric Video". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ "Best Lyric Video". MTV. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ KatyPerryVEVO (February 9, 2017), Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm (Lyric Video) ft. Skip Marley, retrieved February 14, 2017
External links
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ayatanimura
.com, her official website - Aya Tanimura at IMDb
- Aya Tanimura's Vimeo profile
- 20th-century births
- Australian expatriates in the United States
- Australian film producers
- Australian music video directors
- Australian film directors
- Australian women film directors
- Australian women screenwriters
- Female music video directors
- Film producers from California
- Australian women film producers
- Writers from Los Angeles
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian women writers
- Film directors from Los Angeles
- 21st-century Australian screenwriters