Momoko Ando

Momoko Ando (安藤 桃子, Andō Momoko, born March 19, 1982)^[1] is a Japanese film director and novelist.

Momoko Ando
安藤 桃子
Ando at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023
Born	(1982-03-19) March 19, 1982 (age 42)
Education	University of London
Occupations	Film director novelist
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1
Parents	Eiji Okuda (father) Kazu Ando (mother)
Relatives	Sakura Ando (sister) Takeru Inukai (grandfather) Tasuku Emoto (brother-in-law)
Awards	69th Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay (0.5 mm)
Website	Momoko Ando Blog

Life and career

Ando's father is actor Eiji Okuda and her mother the essayist Kazu Ando.^[2] She studied in the United Kingdom, and graduated from the University of London's Faculty of Arts. Later on, Ando went to New York University and learned film making, and started working as supervisory assistant.^[3]

In 2010, she made her directorial debut with the film Kakera: A Piece of Our Life based on a manga.^[4] In 2011, Ando wrote the novel 0.5 mm.

On March 14, 2014, Ando announced that she had married a non-celebrity. Simultaneously, she announced her pregnancy with her first child. Ando gave birth to the couple's first child in March 2015.^[5] In the same year, Ando made her novel 0.5 mm into the film of the same name, and served as the screenwriter and director. The film starred her sister Sakura Ando.^[6] The movie was filmed in Kōchi, Kōchi.^[7]

Works

Films

※Directorial works only

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Kakera: A Piece of Our Life	Also wrote the screenplay
2014	0.5 mm	Also wrote the screenplay; second place at the 88th Kinema Junpo Best Ten

Novels

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2011	0.5 mm
2014	Counter Illumination	First appeared in Gunzo	[8]

Filmography

Title	Network	Notes
Heart Net TV	NHK-E	Regular "Break Through" corner MC

Radio

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2016	Magazine House Radiofast	J-Wave	Navigator

Advertisements

Year	Title	Notes
2015	Uniqlo outerwear "Outer wa, anatada"	Co-starred with her sister Sakura Ando

Awards

Award	Work	Ref.
69th Mainichi Film Awards Best Screenplay	0.5 mm	[9]
18th New Asian Talent Award Best Director		[10]
18th New Asian Talent Award Best Outstanding Screenplay

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

1. "Vol.50 安藤 桃子さん". スープフレンズ. Soup Stock Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
2. Sharp, Jasper (29 March 2010). "Midnight Eye interview: Momoko Ando". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
3. "MOMOKO ANDO BLOG" (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
4. Schilling, Mark (2 April 2010). "There's always a missing piece". The Japan Times.
5. "奥田瑛二の長女・安藤桃子が結婚＆妊娠６か月". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
6. "安藤桃子監督＆安藤サクラ姉妹、摩擦を補う"最強"コンビで挑んだ「0.5ミリ」". Eiga.com (in Japanese). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
7. "安藤桃子監督、映画館作っちゃう！移住の高知に文化根付かせたい". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
8. "変愛小説集　日本作家編" (in Japanese). Kodansha Book Club. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
9. "『私の男』に日本映画大賞！第69回毎日映画コンクール発表！". Cinema Today (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
10. "安藤桃子監督、妹・サクラ主演『0.5ミリ』で上海国際映画祭・アジア新人賞最優秀監督賞！". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

External links

• Zero Pictures (in which it includes her personal profile) (in Japanese)
• Momoko Ando Blog (in Japanese)
• Momoko Ando- IMDb(in Japanese)