{{Short description|Japanese filmmaker (born 1988)}} {{Distinguish|Akiko Fujimoto}} {{Infobox person | native_name = 藤元明緒 | native_name_lang = ja | image = Akio Fujimoto at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-3.jpg | caption = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 March 1988}} | birth_place = Osaka, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Filmmaker }}
'''Akio Fujimoto''' ({{Langx|ja|藤元明緒}}; born 15 March 1988) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
== Life and career == Born in Osaka, Fujimoto studied psychology and sociology at the Osaka International University and graduated in filmmaking from the {{Interlanguage link|Osaka Visual Arts Academy|ja|専門学校大阪ビジュアルアーツ・アカデミー}}.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |last1=Schilling |first1=Mark |title=Japan’s Emerging Directors: With a Couple of Films on Their Resumes, These Auteurs Are Poised to Make Bigger Marks on World Cinema |url=https://variety.com/lists/japan-directors-cannes/yamanaka-yoko/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=Variety |date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="awa">{{cite news |title=第30回東京国際映画祭「国際交流基金アジアセンター特別賞」は藤元明緒氏に決定！ {{!}} 最新ニュース {{!}} 国際交流基金 |url=https://asiawa.jpf.go.jp/culture/news/n-tiff-2017-spirit-of-asia-award/|access-date=4 October 2025 |work=AsiaWA |date=7 November 2017 |language=ja}}</ref>
In 2017, he made his directorial feature debut with ''Passage of Life'', which premiered at the Asian Future section of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival, in which it won the Best Film Award and the Spirit of Asia Award.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shackleton |first1=Liz |title=Tokyo film festival gives top awards to 'Grain', 'Crater' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/tokyo-film-festival-gives-top-awards-to-grain-crater/5123929.article |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=Screen International|date=3 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, his following film ''Along the Sea'' premiered at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Frater |first1=Patrick |title=‘Along The Sea,’ Rare Japan-Vietnam Co-production, Heads for San Sebastian |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/along-the-sea-by-fujimoto-akio-japan-vietnam-1234764996/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=Variety |date=10 September 2020}}</ref> It won the gold prize at the 26th {{Interlanguage link|Shindo Kaneto Awards|ja|新藤兼人賞}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=2021年度「新藤兼人賞」金賞は「海辺の彼女たち」の藤元明緒監督！ 銀賞は「JOINT」小島央大監督 : 映画ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/news/20211122/7/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=映画 |date=22 November 2021 |language=ja}}</ref>
In 2025, Fujimoto's third work ''Lost Land'' premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in the Orizzonti sidebar, winning the Special Jury Prize.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katz |first1=David |title=Review: Lost Land |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482978/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=Cineuropa |date=3 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=藤元明緒の「LOST LAND」ヴェネツィア映画祭で三冠、金獅子賞はジム・ジャームッシュ新作（コメントあり） |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/639318 |access-date=4 October 2025 |work=映画ナタリー |date=7 September 2025 |language=ja}}</ref> For this film, Fujimoto got a nomination for best director at the 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.<ref name=hhh>{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title='Samsara,' 'It Was Just an Accident,' 'Magellan' Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/apsa-nominations-samsara-it-was-just-an-accident-magellan-1236553220/ |access-date=15 October 2025 |work=Variety |date=15 October 2025}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''Psychedelic Family'' (short, 2012) *''Passage of Life'' (2017) *''Along the Sea'' (2020) *''Lost Land'' (2025)
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