BIOGRAPHY
Shu Hirayama is a film/video director and cinematographer from Japan. He worked in a TV production company subsidiary of MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting System) for nine years. Prior to that Hirayama trained at the Japan Institute of Photography and Film, taking a two-year Filmmaking/TV Production program (2006-2008). Additionally, he has completed a one-year conservatory program at The New York Film Academy (2016-2017).
Over the years he worked on “Mother. Son” (2013 / two-hour drama broadcasted by TBS) directed by Hajime Takezono, which won an ATP Award TV Grand Prix Minister of International Affairs and Communications Prize. Hirayama has also worked for major Japanese networks NHK / TBS / MBS / ABC / BS-TBS / BS-Fuji as a director. In recent years he has been working on narrative and documentary films, music videos, and commercials based in the USA and Japan as a Director and Cinematographer.
Hirayama utilizes his working experience to create an intelligent and efficient pre-production, a calm and collected set environment, and a carefully focused post-production. He always believes the most interesting and beautiful thing in filmmaking is the “chemistry” of all those involved in a film’s production.
