Aya Tanimura
- Director
- Production Department
- Producer
Hong Kong-born Aya, is the daughter of a Japanese father and an Australian mother and spent her formative years traveling the globe making 8mm short films. This eventually led to a career in photography upon graduating college which then evolved into film.
You're probably familiar with her lyric videos for the likes of Katy Perry (see "Roar", "Birthday", "Chained To The Rhythm"), but there's plenty more to know about Aya. In addition to shooting music videos and commercials, Aya also writes and directs movies and short films. Her short film "Sweet As" won the People's Choice Award in the 100% Pure New Zealand Your Big Break short film competition, "Mobius" which was shot on 35mm film was an award winner on the independent film festival circuit and the feature "Crush The Skull" won the Nightfall award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Tanimura is heavily inspired by the art world, is obsessed with Francis Bacon, and has a love of getting lost in galleries.
You're probably familiar with her lyric videos for the likes of Katy Perry (see "Roar", "Birthday", "Chained To The Rhythm"), but there's plenty more to know about Aya. In addition to shooting music videos and commercials, Aya also writes and directs movies and short films. Her short film "Sweet As" won the People's Choice Award in the 100% Pure New Zealand Your Big Break short film competition, "Mobius" which was shot on 35mm film was an award winner on the independent film festival circuit and the feature "Crush The Skull" won the Nightfall award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Tanimura is heavily inspired by the art world, is obsessed with Francis Bacon, and has a love of getting lost in galleries.
