TOMINO Yoshiyuki

Born in Nagoya, 1964. His film Mt Head received six Grand Prizes at animation film festivals including, Annecy, Zagreb, and Hiroshima, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award. Also Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor won seven Grand Prizes including Ottawa. Yamamura has received more than 60 international awards. He is the sub-chairman of the Japan Animation Association (JAA) and a professor of the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts.