KITAMURA, Aico
北村愛子, b. 1985 (Kyoto)
- official website
- discovered alternative animation as a graphic arts student at Kyoto Seika University.
- went on to study animation at Tokyo University of Arts under Koji Yamamura and Ilan Nguyen.
- she has been influenced by a wide range of film directors (Wenders, Tarkovsky, Ozu, Kitano, Kubrick, Chaplin, Buñuel), animators (Pärn, Patel, Leaf, Yamamura, Toccafondo) and artists (Cezanne, Magritte, Klimt, Bosch, Ogata, Arimoto).
- in addition to animation, Kitamura works as an illustrator and a graphic designer.
- helped out fledgling indie label CALF by designing their website for them.
- Munroe Hotes, Catherine. Review of Getting Dressed, Nishikata Film Review, 31 Dec. 2010.
