Hiroshi OKUYAMA
Tokyo 21st October
Nippon Visions ½
About Hiroshi OKUYAMA
Born in 1996, Hiroshi OKUYAMA began creating his first films in high school, before receiving an invitation to Kyoto International Art and Film Festival for his music video GRADUATION PARTY in 2014. During his study at the Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, he created, amongst others, the short film TOKYO 21ST OCTOBER (2018), which was shown at the Busan International Film Festival, and his first feature film JESUS. OKUYAMA received the Kutxabank-New Directors Award of the prestigious San Sebastián International Film Festival for JESUS in 2018 and has thereby become the youngest recipient of this award in the history of the festival.