Shunji Iwai
Directing · Editor · Camera Operator · Director
Born Jan 24, 1963 · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Active 1987–present · Awards: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer
Shunji Iwai (岩井 俊二, Iwai Shunji, born 24 January 1963) is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker.
Filmography
World Map (2025) — Director · Writer · Original Music ComposerLove Letter (1995) — Director · Screenplay · EditorAll About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) — Director · Creator · Editor · WriterFireworks (2017) — Original Film WriterNew York, I Love You (2008) — Director · Writer · EditorThe Case of Hana & Alice (2015) — Editor · Director · Writer · Original Music Composer · Producer · Original StoryRitual (2000) — DirectorApril Story (1998) — Director · Writer · Music · EditorSwallowtail Butterfly (1996) — Director · Editor · Screenplay · Original StoryHana & Alice (2004) — Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · MusicA Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016) — Novel · Editor · Director · Screenplay · ProducerPicnic (1996) — Director · WriterJam Films (2002) — Writer · Director · Music · EditorFireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) — Director · ScreenplayRainbow Song (2006) — Screenplay · ProducerLast Letter (2020) — Co-Producer · Novel · Director · Screenplay · EditorVampire (2011) — Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Music · Director of PhotographyACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius (1996) — StoryYonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) — DirectorMysterious Transfer Student (2014) — Producer · Editor · ScreenplayFrom the End of the World (2023) — TeacherUndo (1994) — Director · WriterKyrie (2023) — Editor · Screenplay · DirectorA Summer Solstice Story (2023) — Director · Writer