Koreeda Hirokazu

Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.

Kore-Eda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director making documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off set to direct his first film, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

Has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.

Grandfather died of Alzheimer' disease when he was six years old.