OGIGAMI Naoko
Ogigami Naoko (b. 1972, Chiba, Japan) began studying film at the University of Southern California in 1994. She later worked on commercials and directed her first short films. Her feature debut came with Yoshino's Barber Shop (2003). Since then, her works have been screened at numerous international film festivals. Her films Glasses (2007) and Close-Knit (2017) received awards at the Berlinale. In 2024, she served as a member of the Nippon Visions Jury and presented her film Ripples (2023).