Aya Tanimura is an Australian-Japanese writer and director, based in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
Career
Short films
Her directorial credits include ''Mobius'' (2011), ''U-2074'' (2010), and ''Mrs. Kim'', (2010) which was a finalist in
Los Angeles Magazine's Get L.A. short film competition. Also produced in 2010, Tanimura's film ''Sweet-As'' won the People's Choice award and was a finalist for
Tourism New Zealand
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's '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition. In 2013, Tanimura produced ''Kill of the Night'' under
Visual Communications
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' Armed With a Camera fellowship which premiered at the
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
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and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.
Music videos
In 2013, Tanimura directed lyric videos for
Katy Perry's songs "
Roar" and "
Unconditionally
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".
In 2014, she directed Perry's lyric video for "
Birthday
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Many re ...
" which was one of the 2014 MTV VMA nominees for "Best Lyric Video."
In 2016 she directed
Alessia Cara
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's music video for "
How Far I'll Go
"How Far I'll Go" and its reprise are two musical numbers from Disney's 2016 animated musical feature film '' Moana''. It was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with additional music and co-produced by Mark Mancina on its reprise. The song was perf ...
".
In 2017, she directed Perry's lyric video for "
Chained to the Rhythm
"Chained to the Rhythm" is a song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry that served as the lead single from her fifth studio album, ''Witness''. It features vocals from Jamaican singer Skip Marley. The artists co-wrote the track with its pro ...
".
See also
*
List of film and television directors
*
List of people from Los Angeles
References
External links
* , her official website
*
Aya Tanimura's Vimeo profile
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Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century births
Australian expatriates in the United States
Australian film producers
Australian music video directors
Australian film directors
Australian women film directors
Australian women screenwriters
Female music video directors
Film producers from California
Australian women film producers
Writers from Los Angeles
Living people
21st-century Australian women writers
Film directors from Los Angeles
21st-century Australian screenwriters