岩田ユキ, b. 1972 (Shimada, Shizuoka)

• began making films in 2000
• learned scriptwriting at the ENBU seminar
• began making music videos as an "indie" artist on music by bands like Kukikodan.
• Her cinematic directorial debut came in 2005 when she made "Osage no Hondana", one of the films in an omnibus movie titled "Hair Style." His first feature film was "Lemon no Koro"

References:

• official website
• wikipedia (JP)
• Douglas, Miguel. Review of Lemon no Koro. iSugoi. 31 Dec 2009.
• Schilling, Mark. ‘Yubiwa wo Hametai (Looking For a True Fiance)’. The Japan Times. 2 Dec 2011.

Honours:

• Visible from Here won the Jury Special Award at the Pia Film Festival (2004)
• 8mm won Best Short Award (Music Short PV Competition) at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2010