Aya Tanimura
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Aya Tanimura is an Australian-Japanese writer and director, based in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Short films
Her directorial credits include Mobius (2011), U-2074 (2010), and Mrs. Kim, (2010)[2] which was a finalist in Los Angeles Magazine's Get L.A. short film competition.[3] Also produced in 2010, Tanimura's film Sweet-As won the People's Choice award and was a finalist for Tourism New Zealand's '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition.[4] In 2013, Tanimura produced Kill of the Night under Visual Communications' Armed With a Camera fellowship which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival[5] and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.[6]
Music videos
In 2013, Tanimura directed lyric videos for Katy Perry's songs "Roar"[7] and "Unconditionally".[8]
In 2014, she directed Perry's lyric video for "Birthday"[9] which was one of the 2014 MTV VMA nominees for "Best Lyric Video."[10]
In 2016 she directed Alessia Cara's music video for "How Far I'll Go".
In 2017, she directed Perry's lyric video for "Chained to the Rhythm".[11]
In 2021, she directed One Direction member Liam Payne's music video for the Ron's Gone Wrong song "Sunshine".
