Chie Hayakawa Explained

Chie Hayakawa (born August 20, 1976)^[1] is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Tokyo.^[2]

Personal life and education

Hayakawa graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts in 2001. Her various early short films were screened at the school's gallery and film festivals.^[3] She gave birth to two children in New York and returned to Tokyo in 2008.^[4]

Film career

In Tokyo, she enrolled in a one-year film program at a night school whilst working. Her thesis film, Niagara, was selected for the screening^[5] at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014,^[6] and won the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival.^[7]

In 2022, her first feature film Plan 75, won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chie Hayakawa . 2024-02-18 . D'A Film Festival . en-US.
2. Web site: Debruge. Peter. 2022-10-14. 'Plan 75' Review: Japan's Thought-Provoking Oscar Submission Chides Society for Disrespecting Its Seniors. 2024-02-11. Variety. en-US.
3. Web site: Chie HAYAKAWA. 2024-02-11. Festival de Cannes. en-US.
4. News: Rich. Motoko. 2022-06-17. A Filmmaker Imagines a Japan Where the Elderly Volunteer to Die. en-US. The New York Times. 2024-02-10. 0362-4331.
5. Web site: Handler. Rachel. 2022-05-20. Chie Hayakawa's Plan 75 Quietly Devastates Cannes. 2024-02-10. Vulture. en.
6. Web site: Schenker. Jack. 2023-05-02. A Conversation with Chie Hayakawa (PLAN 75). 2024-02-11. Hammer to Nail. en-US.
7. Web site: Gray2008-07-25T11:52:00+01:00. Jason. Naked Of Defenses picks up top prize at Japan's Pia fest. 2024-02-10. Screen. en.
8. Web site: 2022-05-28. 『PLAN 75』早川千絵監督、カンヌでカメラドール特別表彰の快挙：第75回カンヌ国際映画祭｜シネマトゥデイ. 2024-02-10. シネマトゥデイ. ja.