JUN SHIMIZU is an award-winning director, writer, and editor.
Born in New York City and raised in France / Switzerland, Jun has been shooting and editing since the age of 16, cementing his training as a filmmaker at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
In 2010, Jun created Memorylines - a personal visual manifesto.
In 2019, Jun co-directed Speak Easy, B. - a surreal experimental LGBTQ short that has screened in over 15 film festivals and won numerous accolades, including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Linda Mabalot New Directors / New Visions award.
In 2020, Jun’s pitch for his Koreatown horror feature EYECATCHER won 1st prize with Script Pipeline’s Movie Idea Contest.
Jun has worked in various creative capacities with non-profits such as the Asia / Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO & CAP UCLA as well as award-winning production companies TK Digital, mitú, Wondros, Superlative, Zambezi and Netflix.
Jun is currently based in Los Angeles, developing his first feature film.
Only seldom does he write about himself in the third person.
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CONTACT
e: jun@memorylines.com
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Patrick Newman - Mosaic Media Group
e: pnewman@mosaicla.com
