{{short description|Japanese animator and filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Ru Kuwahata | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Director, producer, writer, editor, visual effects supervisor | alma_mater = Parsons The New School for Design (BFA)<br/> Netherlands Institute for Animated Film | years_active = 2003–present | website = {{URL|www.tinyinventions.com/}} }} '''Ru Kuwahata''' is a Japanese animator and filmmaker, best known for her stop-motion film, ''Negative Space'' for which she received critical acclaim and was co-nominated for an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with co-director and husband Max Porter.<ref name="Nom90th">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42788267 |title=Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full |work=BBC News |date=January 23, 2018 |accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography== * 2017: ''Negative Space'' (Short) * 2016: ''Perfect Houseguest'' (Short) * 2014: ''Between Times'' (Short) * 2010: ''Something Left, Something Taken'' (Short)

==Awards and nominations== * Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|3353592}}

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