Mayu Nakamura - Writer/ Director

Mayu earned an MFA from the Graduate Film Program at New York University. In 2006, her first fiction feature film, "The Summer of Stickleback," premiered in the competition section at the Busan International Film Festival. In 2012, Mayu directed the documentary feature film, "Lonely Swallows-Living as the Children of Migrant Workers," which follows Japanese-Brazilian kids struggling to survive in Japan and Brazil. The film won the Grand Prix in Documentary Features at the Brazilian Film Festival. In 2015, Mayu directed another documentary feature film, "Alone in Fukushima." The film follows a man who stays with animals left behind in the Fukushima nuclear zone. The film was screened in the documentary section at the Montreal World Film Festival. A sequel documentary film, "Alone Again in Fukushima" was premiered at 2021 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Her writing credits include a script for "Tokyo Trial," a Dutch/Canadian/Japanese co-production series drama that was nominated at the 45th Emmy Awards for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series. Her latest feature film "Intimate Stranger" was premiered at 34th Tokyo International Film Festival Nippon Cinema Now section.