Chie Hayakawa
Japanese film director
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Chie Hayakawa (早川千絵, Hayakawa Chie; born August 20, 1976)[1] is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Tokyo.[2]
Chie Hayakawa | |
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Hayakawa at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Personal life and education
Hayakawa graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts in 2001. Her various early short films were screened at the school's gallery and film festivals.[3] She gave birth to two children in New York and returned to Tokyo in 2008.[4]
Career
In Tokyo, she enrolled in a one-year film program at a night school whilst working.[4] Her thesis film, Niagara, was selected for the screening[5] at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[6] and won the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival.[7]
In 2022, her first feature film Plan 75 received Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale (also called Caméra d'Or — Mention d'honneur) at the Cannes Film Festival.
In April 2025, her feature film Renoir was officially selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d'Or.[8]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Niagara | Short |
| 2018 | Ten Years Japan | First segment — short film Plan 75 |
| 2022 | Plan 75 | Caméra d'Or — Special Mention |
| 2025 | Renoir |