Neo Sora

약력

Neo Sora is a Japanese-American filmmaker, translator, and artist living and working between New York and Tokyo. His works have been written up in Variety and Cahiers du Cinéma, and recently, Filmmaker Magazine has named Neo one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His installation and video artworks have been shown around the globe at the 2019 Singapore Biennale, the 2019 Dojima River Biennale, Watari-um Museum of Contemporary Art, and the 2017 Reborn-Art Festival, among others.

참여 작품

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
Director
Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Editor
On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto performing a few pieces of music each day over the course of a week, that was then thoughtfully edited together. This is last performance.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Director
On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto performing a few pieces of music each day over the course of a week, that was then thoughtfully edited together. This is last performance.
베바
Additional Camera
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which young, NYC-born Afro-Latina Rebeca “Beba” Huntt stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
アメガラス
Director
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Cinematography
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Director
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.
The Chicken
Screenplay
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
The Chicken
Director
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
The Inconceivable Mountain
Director of Photography
In 1930s Europe, Ulrike and her faithful dog, Müzzi are climbing The Inconceivable Mountain. Ulrike meets a handsome soldier and discovers that all is not as it seems. Müzzi, for her part, descends into paranoia.
류이치 사카모토: 에이싱크
Director of Photography
2017년 뉴욕 맨해튼의 파크 애비뉴 아모리(Park Avenue Armory)에서 진행된 류이치 사카모토 콘서트 공연 실황. 단 2백명만이 관람 가능했던 [async] 앨범 발매 기념 콘서트로 비동시성, 소수, 혼돈, 양자물리학, 인생무상이라는 아이디어를 바탕으로 작곡한 곡들을 다양한 악기와 사물을 통해 연주해 눈길을 끌었다.
류이치 사카모토: 코다
Director of Photography
세계적으로 주목 받은 아티스트이자, <마지막 황제>(1987) 오리지널 사운드트랙 작업으로 아카데미, 골든글로브, 그래미를 석권한 작곡가 류이치 사카모토는 인후암 판정 이후 모든 활동을 중단한다. 하지만 평소 존경하던 이냐리투 감독으로부터 작업의 의뢰를 받게 되면서 다시 작업을 시작하게 된 류이치 사카모토는 치료로 중단했던 새 앨범을 다시금 준비하기 시작한다.
Earthquake
Director
A near-future Tokyo awaits destruction as the city is rocked by a series of foreshocks that predict a larger, more disastrous quake on the horizon. With the anxiety looming over them, a group of teenage best friends and musicians get into typical teenager trouble that tests the strength of their relationships.