Director Biography - Seiji Ohara

October 31, 1980 Tokyo, Japan

Film director, animator, illustrator, and cameraman.

For his animation works, he mainly draws by hand.

Voice actors for his works include Shuichiro Moriyama and Sumi Shimamoto, who have played the main roles in Studio Ghibli films. His animated short film "THE ANCESTOR" won the Excellence Award/Governor of Tokyo Award in the Japan category for the first time for an animated film at the Short Shorts Film Festival 2018, which is officially recognized by the US Academy Awards. "AYESHA" won the Osaka Governor's Award at the Kadoma International Film Festival. He has also done commercials for Dragon Ball Tenkaichi Budo Festival and the 14th puppet play "Fantane!" (opening animation) for NHK-E Television's "Okaasan to issho" currently on air. He has also worked on the live-action Japanese-French co-production "Soratobumachi" and music videos for Universal Music. In 2022, a documentary film about Shuichiro Moriyama's life, "Let's Talk About the Old Days" will be released in theaters.