# Aya Tanimura

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American film producer

**Aya Tanimura** is an Australian-Japanese writer and director, based in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California).[1]

## Career

### Short films

Her directorial credits include *Mobius* (2011), *U-2074* (2010), and *Mrs. Kim*, (2010)[2] which was a finalist in [Los Angeles Magazine](/source/Los_Angeles_Magazine)'s Get L.A. short film competition.[3] Also produced in 2010, Tanimura's film *Sweet-As* won the People's Choice award and was a finalist for [Tourism New Zealand](/source/Tourism_New_Zealand)'s '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition.[4] In 2013, Tanimura produced *Kill of the Night* under [Visual Communications](/source/Visual_Communications)' Armed With a Camera fellowship which premiered at the [Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival](/source/Los_Angeles_Asian_Pacific_Film_Festival)[5] and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.[6]

### Music videos

In 2013, Tanimura directed lyric videos for [Katy Perry](/source/Katy_Perry)'s songs "[Roar](/source/Roar_(song))"[7] and "[Unconditionally](/source/Unconditionally)".[8]

In 2014, she directed Perry's lyric video for "[Birthday](/source/Birthday_(Katy_Perry_song))"[9] which was one of the 2014 MTV VMA nominees for "Best Lyric Video."[10]

In 2016 she directed [Alessia Cara](/source/Alessia_Cara)'s music video for "[How Far I'll Go](/source/How_Far_I'll_Go)".

In 2017, she directed Perry's lyric video for "[Chained to the Rhythm](/source/Chained_to_the_Rhythm)".[11]

In 2021, she directed [One Direction](/source/One_Direction) member [Liam Payne](/source/Liam_Payne)'s music video for the *[Ron's Gone Wrong](/source/Ron's_Gone_Wrong)* song "[Sunshine](/source/Sunshine_(Liam_Payne_song))".

## See also

- [List of film and television directors](/source/List_of_film_and_television_directors)

- [List of people from Los Angeles](/source/List_of_people_from_Los_Angeles)

- [List of music video directors](/source/List_of_music_video_directors)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["About"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060510/http://www.ayatanimura.com/about.html). Aya Tanimura. Archived from [the original](http://www.ayatanimura.com/about.html) on October 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Aya Tanimura IMDB page"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488519/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). *IMDB*. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Los Angeles magazine's eight Get L.A. film finalists"](http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/03/los_angeles_magazines_eig.php). LA Observed. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["'Your Big Break' Film Competition Finalists Announced"](http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/tourism-news-and-insights/media-releases/latest-releases/2010/01/your-big-break-finalists-announced/). Tourism New Zealand. Retrieved October 21, 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Kill of the Night"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131022041010/http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/kill_of_the_night_awc_7_2013). Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Archived from [the original](http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/kill_of_the_night_awc_7_2013) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Lady Filmmakers Film Festival"](http://www.ladyfilmmakers.com/kill-of-the-night.html). Lady Filmmakers Film Festival. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Watch Katy Perry's 'Roar' Lyric Video!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130814170425/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/08/12/katy-perry-roar-lyric-video/). MTV Buzzworthy Blog. Archived from [the original](http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/08/12/katy-perry-roar-lyric-video/) on August 14, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Rosen, Christopher (October 21, 2013). ["Katy Perry's 'Unconditionally' Lyric Video Has All The Feels"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/katy-perry-unconditionall_n_4138229.html). *[The Huffington Post](/source/The_Huffington_Post)*. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Katy Perry - Birthday - Lyric Video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqYxyd1iSNk). *Youtube*. April 10, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Best Lyric Video"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140816064655/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/best-lyric-video/). *MTV*. Archived from [the original](http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/best-lyric-video/) on August 16, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** KatyPerryVEVO (February 9, 2017), [*Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm (Lyric Video) ft. Skip Marley*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gsGhdZDC-0), retrieved February 14, 2017

## External links

- [ayatanimura.com](http://ayatanimura.com), her official website

- [Aya Tanimura](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488519/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Aya Tanimura's Vimeo profile](https://vimeo.com/user5864397)

[Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
- [Biography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)
- [Film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Film)
- [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States)

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