Nagasaki, Nozomi

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Nozomi Nagasaki is a director at N&G Production and a freelance stop-motion animator. She graduated from Waseda University with a Bachelor of Laws and has made animation films using various techniques such as puppets, clay, objects, and cut-outs. She has worked on various projects including commercial films, TV programs for children, movies, and video packages. Nagasaki became the first woman to win the Noburou Oofuji Award in 1996 for stop-motion film Rusuban. (Source: ASIFA-JAPAN)