Biography

Mayu Nakamura - Writer/ Director

Mayu earned an MFA from the Graduate Film Program at New York University. In 2006, her first fiction feature, "The Summer of Stickleback," premiered in the competition section at the Busan International Film Festival. In 2015, Mayu directed the documentary feature "Alone in Fukushima." The film follows a man who stays with animals left behind in the Fukushima nuclear zone. The film was screened in the Montreal World Film Festival documentary section. The sequel, "Alone Again in Fukushima," was screened at the 2021 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Her writing credits include a script for "Tokyo Trial," a Dutch/Canadian/Japanese scripted series that was nominated for the International Emmy Awards for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series. Her fiction feature, "Intimate Stranger," had its world premiere at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival Nippon Cinema Now section. Her most recent feature, "She is me, I am her," premiered in the competition section at the Udine Far East Film Festival.

In 2025, Mayu won a BAFTA for the Specialist Factual award for the BBC documentary "Atomic People," for which she worked as a local producer.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mayu Nakamura