Directing
Jun Miyazaki
Born in 1965. Video artist. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. Although he was born to a grandfather who was a painter and a cineaste who continued to make documentary films of the local area, and a father who was a news cameraman for a certain television station, he did not get serious about film production until after entering art school. Even though "Ring Android" ('87) was a crazy blockbuster with no story, no sound, and over 45 minutes, it won the Grand Prix at Image Forum Festival '88. Since then, while working on music video clips and TV commercials, he continued to create short films that explore his unique visual world at an average rate of one a year. Starting with "Vacuum Ice" ('90), which was invited to be screened at the London Film Festival in 1992, in recent years, there have been many opportunities for films to be screened at overseas film festivals. "Eclipse" ('92), which was screened in 13 cities across the United States in 1993, was featured in the Chicago Reader. It received rave reviews from America's leading film critic Fred Camper. Since 1997, he had also started a joint project between Japan and France to introduce Japanese independent movies to France. Every year, a new film is selected as one of the "Japanese experimental films in France," and it is shown on tour throughout France, including at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Strasbourg. In March 2003, he was invited by the same project to travel to France. Screenings and lectures will be held. In 2004, "FRONTIER" won the "Young Perspective Award" at the 57th Cannes International Film Festival Directors' Fortnight.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.0Frozen Dream explores visual and sensory elements, using imagery, form, and rhythm to evoke a dreamlike, introspective experience.
Frozen Dream
2001
8.0Jun Miyazaki sees himself as a film-maker-hunter. On the frontier between where one ends and another starts, he tries to get hold of his film prey. Waiting patiently and watching minor changes is the motto.
Border Land
1999
7.0Short movie by Jun Miyazaki.
Rapid Fire
1996
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Brilliant Garden
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Riverscape
2018
8.0Experimental short film made up of still images, by Jun Miyazaki.
Motion Photograffiti
2000
Experimental short by Jun Miyazaki.
Ring Android
1988
5.0Taking a stroll with a gleaming, floating ball.
A Little Planet
2002
Experimental short by Jun Miyazaki.
Evolving Celestial Light
1993
NRWalking socially empty spaces.
Brilliant Garden
2004
NRExperimental 16mm short by Jun Miyazaki.
green
2004
Experimental short by Jun Miyazaki.
Emergent Touch
1992
Experimental short by Jun Miyazaki.
Chance of Rain
1994
7.0Experimental short film by Jun Miyazaki.
Plastic Tear
1995
NRWith no plot or characters, this experimental film captures the landscape of a housing project, as well as the varied possibilities arising from its visual impact on the landscape. The reason why I chose a housing project as my subject is because I used to live in one and, even now, am strangely drawn to them. I also suspect that regardless of one’s nationality, the housing project is an archetypal environment universally recognizable to those of my generation. Without using spoken words, this film is a dedication to the housing project and those people of my generation all over the world.
Frontier
2003
Experimental short by Jun Miyazaki.
Vacuum Ice
1990
6.0No synopsis available yet.
TIMESCAPE
2001
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Flip Light Cruiser
1998