Hirokazu Kore-eda

Known for: Shoplifters (2018), Nobody Knows (2004)

Hirokazu Kore-eda began his career directing television documentaries before making features that draw on documentary methods — natural light, non-professional child actors, loosely scripted scenes — to examine family, memory, and grief in contemporary Japan. Nobody Knows (2004) drew an extraordinary performance from 14-year-old Yûya Yagira, who won Best Actor at Cannes. Shoplifters (2018) won the Palme d'Or.