Kira Dane is a half-Japanese film director, editor, and animator from New York City, currently based in Nara, Japan. In 2019 Kira was named one of 15 fellows of the Sundance Ignite Program. She is also a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she majored in Film & Television. Her recent short documentary Mizuko (2019) was produced through Tribeca Institute’s If/Then Shorts Program and supported by Sundance Institute. The film held premieres at IDFA (2019) and SXSW (2020), winning Special Jury Awards at both festivals, and was also selected to screen at AFI Docs, Atlanta Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, and Palm Springs ShortFest, among others.
