Director: Kenjo McCurtain

Born in: London, England
Biography: Kenjo McCurtain is an award-winning filmmaker who moved to Japan to pursue his craft after graduating with a BA in Film Studies in the UK, where his work was screened at the university's annual film festival. Kenjo has written and directed four short films. Make-Believers (2021), a Japanese romantic musical is his feature film debut. Works: ‘Necropolis’ (2014): selected for the Fukuoka Independent Short Film Festival and ranked in Yahoo's top ten videos online thereafter; ‘Automation’ (2017) winner of Best Director and Best Actor at the English Riviera Film Festival, Official Selection at Bali International Film Festival and Hollywood Verge Awards; ‘Yamome’ (2018) winner of the Independent World Best Short Film Award at Mt. Fuji Atami Film Festival, Best Actress and Best Drama Short at Genre Celebration Film Festival, the 2019 Shorties Film Festival Best Editing and Best Film winner, and Official Selection for various film festivals worldwide; ‘Transmission’ (2019) a psychological-horror short beginning its festival run in late-2020. Kenjo is a Kyoto Filmmakers' Lab alumni and bilingual in English and Japanese.