SHIGERU HIRAI is a director, screenwriter, producer, educator, and film festival founder. Apart from “Fishing with Father” written and directed by him, which was selected and awarded by 14 film festivals around the world, he has been enthusiastically engaged in various activities in the film industry both in Japan and overseas. Currently, he is working on a feature documentary about a shady gold leaf artist in Kyoto as the director and a short 3DCG animation about an innocent man who unknowingly changes the world as the producer, both to be completed in 2023.

DIRECTOR / SCREENWRITER
§ NCW Film School (2016-2017, Tokyo):  “Little Hana’s Entrance Exam” (2016, 10min, Drama),  “A Day of Certain Brothers” (2017, 2min, Drama)
§ KOGOSHA Inc. (2014-present, Tokyo): “Fishing with Father” (2018, 23min, Drama), “Bazaar in Nicosia” (2020, 17min, Documentary), “Endless Summer” (2020, 14min, Documentary)

PRODUCER
§ KOGOSHA Inc. (2014-present, Tokyo): “Select All” (2022, 2min, 3DCG animation) - selected by Short Film Corner of Cannes Film Festival, Fujitsu “Digital Annealer Supercomputer” commercial (2018)

OTHERS
§ TV Program “Tomorrow’s SHOW”: Production Manager (2019 – 2022)
§ Short Film “Pieces of You” (2020, 21min, Drama): 2nd Unit DoP
§ Other online commercials as producer

NETWORKING COMMUNITY
§ Auteur Tokyo: Founder (2019 – present, Tokyo)
§ Screenwriter’s Group: Founder (2020 - present, Tokyo)

FILM FESTIVALS
§ BonDance International Film Festival: Founder & Festival Director (2020 – present, Saga)
§ Golden Harvest Film Festival: Founder & Festival Director (2020 – present, Tokyo)
§ Andromeda Film Festival: Judge (2020 – 2021, Istanbul)
§ Bermuda International Film Festival: Judge (2021 - 2022, Hamilton)

EDUCATIONAL CAREER
§ Vantan Game Academy: Lecturer in Filmmaking (2019 – 2022, Tokyo)

EDUCATION
§ NCW Film School (2017, Tokyo)
§ Tokyo School of Photography (2015, Tokyo)
§ NUS (2013, Singapore, MBA)
§ UCLA (2012, LA, MBA)
§ Kyoto University (1990, Kyoto, MS)
§ Kyoto University (1988, Kyoto, BS)