Ru Kuwahata is a Japanese animator and filmmaker, best known for her

stop-motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...

film, '' Negative Space'' for which she received critical acclaim and was co-nominated for an

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nomination for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with co-director and husband Max Porter.

Filmography

* 2017: ''Negative Space'' (Short) * 2016: ''Perfect Houseguest'' (Short) * 2014: ''Between Times'' (Short) * 2010: ''Something Left, Something Taken'' (Short)

Awards and nominations

* Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuwahata, Ru Living people Japanese producers Japanese directors Japanese animators Stop motion animators Japanese women animators Japanese animated film directors Japanese animated film producers Japanese women film directors Japanese women film producers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese women