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Sayoko Kinoshita
Her activities range widely, including filmmaking, producing, promoting, teaching, etc.
Kinoshita planned and directed animation as well as designed the characters and lightings for several TV programs such as "Curricula Machine" (NTV/ '74-'76/ educational program), "Ohayo Kodomo Show" (NTV/ '76-'80/ educational program), "Kokky Pop" (NTV/ '81/ music program).
As for the independent animation documentary shorts and commercial works, which were made together with her partner Renzo Kinoshita, she mainly managed the planning, script, animation and producing. Her representative shorts include "Made in Japan"('72), "Japonese"('77), "Pica Don"('78), "The Last Air Raid - Kumagaya"('93) and “Ryukyu Okoku – Made in Okinawa”(2004). All her works received international awards as well as prizes at various international film festivals, including the Grand Prize at New York Int’l Film Festival, and have been invited by various film festivals continuously around the world.
As for the educational activities, Kinoshita has not only been making lectures at art universities, colleges, and film festivals since early '80s, but also, has been teaching animation to the audio-visual professionals of 41 developing countries (in Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Middle East and Central & South America) since 1990, as the animation production experts of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Moreover, she has been holding lectures and workshops aimed for the specialists of various different fields, informing that animation is one of the most effective media which could be very useful in developing their field as well as in dealing various social problems such as human rights, peace, AIDS, population, etc. In 1994, Kinoshita was invited by UNICEF to make a lecture at the "2nd Animation for Development Workshop & Summit" held in Orlando. In 2000, she was dispatched by The Japan Foundation for their "Introducing Japan Project", and made lectures on Japanese animation as well as held animation demonstration in Mexico City, Houston, Austin and Sao Paulo. Also in 2000, she made a lecture and workshop on animation at the "International Human Rights Education Symposium & Workshop", organized by Osaka City. She also put great emphasis on holding animation workshops for children, and served as the President of ASIFA Workshop Group (AWG) during 1997 ~ 2006. Since 2005, she has been teaching at Osaka University of Arts as the Visiting Professor.
Kinoshita has also been working hard internationally for the dissemination of animation as an art/media form. Her emphasis is placed especially on artistic short animation. Since early '80s, she has been introducing Japanese short animations to foreign countries. On the other hand, she has been introducing other countries' masterpieces to Japan where the opportunities to appreciate such works are still very rare. By showing high quality animations, she aims to elevate the recognition and status of animation art and animation filmmakers worldwide.
In 1985, Kinoshita produced and founded the first international biennial competitive animation festival in Asia, in Hiroshima (organized by Hiroshima City and ASIFA-Japan) , endorsed by ASIFA. She has been working as the Festival Director since the first edition, and she is now preparing for the 14th edition HIROSHIMA 2012 which will be held from August 23rd to 27th .
As the delegate of Hiroshima Festival, Kinoshita has been visiting many countries in Asia by herself to research the situation of animation industry as well as to meet and exchange with the animation people. In 1993, she visited Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and The Philippines, in 1996 visited Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, in 1998 visited many cities in India, and in 2000 visited many cities in Turkey. She has also been making intensive researches and exchanges in European countries. For example, in 2003, she visited Romania, in 2005 Switzerland, and in 2008 Finland.
Since early 80's, she has been coordinating animation programs for film festivals and art museums of various countries. During 1986-1994, she annually organized the non-competitive international animation festival in Itabashi District in Tokyo, and put emphasis on introducing artistic shorts from various countries.
In 1986, she founded International Animation Library (IAL). IAL keeps films/videos from over the world, and finds the opportunities to show these works as well as cooperate with the artists with their filmmakings, and introduces the variety and effectiveness of animation art/medium.
From June 2006 to December 2006, Kinoshita served as the Acting President of ASIFA, and from December 2006 to December 2009, she served as the President of ASIFA.
Kinoshita is now making efforts to realize the establishment of International Animation Institute in Hiroshima.
- Animation Filmmaker/Producer - Vice-President of Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) - President of ASIFA-Japan - President of Studio Lotus Inc., President of International Animation Libarary (IAL) - Festival Director of HIROSHIMA International Animation Festival - Member of International Short Film Conference (ISFC) - Member of Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan, Inc. (MPTE) - Member of Japan Film Producer's Association - Lecturer at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - Adviser to Japan Society for Animation Studies (JSAS) - Visiting Professor at Osaka University of Arts - Board of Joshibi University of Art and Design - President of Joshibi University of Art and Design Alumnae Associtaion
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She has studied Visual Design and Animation at Kyoto Saga University of Arts. After working as an art teacher at a junior high school for 6 years, she returned to study Japanese painting and conceptual & media art at Kyoto City University of Arts and also worked for a children's TV program as a clay animator. She made her first "abstract animated short film synchronized with 13 international languages under the theme " we can understand each other without understanding each language" when has studied at Royal College of Art, UK as an exchange student. After receiving her MA of fine art (1998), she began making independent films include "believe in it" which has won the Excellence prize of Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan in 1998. She has stayed in Eesti Joonisfilm Studio,Estonia from 2002 to 2003 under Japanese Government Study Program for Promising Artists and Art Fellowships and has made "Üks Uks" with 8 Estonian bookbinding artists. She made a trailer of Tricky Women International Female Animation Festival in 2005. Her films has been shown at numerous international festivals and museums include Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany and
Design museum in Estonia. She is also conducting various animation workshops.
Daumenreise "Wiener Wuast" was shot in Vienna with real view, with drawing in her hand. She has done workshop in the same way in Taiwan, Norway, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Italy, South Korea, USA, Serbia, Latvia, Morocco and more. She named this project as "Daumenreise". It will be continued as her life work. She has been a lecturer of Kyoto Seika University from 2000. Filmography: introspection (1998), believe in it (1998), learn to love(1999), countdown(2002), Üks Uks (2003), Wiener Wuast (2006), suvehetk (2011) |
Born in Tokyo, Sayoko Kinoshita graduated from the Plastic Arts Department of Joshibi College of Art and Design in 1966. After working with Mushi Productions for two years, she joined Studio Lotus in 1969, and since then, she has been working energetically and internationally for various fields related to animation as well as to films in general including documentary and fiction.
In 1993, after learning architecture at Tokyo University of Science, he noticed "The design defects of architecture cause the serious accidents. 
Born in Hyogo, Japan 1965, an animation director. 
