Amin is a Japanese film director and cinematographer based in NYC and Tokyo. Born in Yokohama, Japan, he moved to the US to learn filmmaking and drawing at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Upon graduation, he moved to NYC to further pursue his career as a director. Not only has he worked on numerous documentary projects, which took him on unique - even life-threatening - journeys across the globe, he has directed his own works, including "Bilocated," a short film set to circuit festivals, "Teatime Ponderer," an experimental fashion film that was showcased in over 15 countries, won a number of awards at fashion film festivals, and was nominated for the Best Fashion Film at The Taste Award. His style of execution often involves historical and psychological analysis on various subjects, and his visual styles are derived from his own multi-cultural background. He believes in the poetic power of storytelling and its ability to transcend social and cultural boundaries to speak to human nature. Stories give us a chance to navigate the complicated circumstances we often find ourselves in.

横浜市出身、ニューヨークと東京を拠点に活動する映像ディレクター・撮影監督。高校時代をドバイで過ごし、大学から渡米し Savannah College of Art and Design の映画学科を卒業。在学時代にマカオの新設カジノリゾート City of Dreams とのコラボレーションを実現させ、当時世界最大の常設3Dホログラム用スクリーン (Musion Technology) のコンテンツを香港にて企画・監督。ニューヨーク移住直後に自宅のリビングで撮影したファッション映像が The Taste Award Best Fashion Film にノミネートされ、マイアミ国際ファッション映画祭では最優秀脚本賞を受賞、他数々の映画祭に出品。2021年にはニューヨーク市から資金援助を受けショートフィルムの脚本・監督を担当。淡い私小説のような映像を目指しつつも、エクスペリメンタルな企画・演出も得意。曽祖父の上林暁は戦後を代表する小説家の一人で、彼の作品を現代社会に置き換えて脚色・映画化するのが直近の夢。

Awards / Festivals

Ishonsho Abe - Martha Kato (Music Video)

WINNER Best Jazz Song - Munich Music Video Awards 2023 (Munich)

Teatime Ponderer (Experimental Short Film)

NOMINATED - The TASTE Awards, Best Fashion Film 2018
WINNER Best Script - Miami Fashion Film Festival 2018 (Florida, USA)
WINNER Best Experimental - Largo Film Awards 2017 (Online, Switzerland)
WINNER Best Experimental - Canada's Yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival (Montreal, Canada)
WINNER Best Experimental Best One Man/Woman Show - Alternative Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Fashion Film Festival Brussels 2017 (Brussels, Belgium)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Canadian International Fashion Film Festival 2017 (Calgary, Canada)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival 2017 (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Caribbean fashion & Art Feature Festival 2017 (Trinidad and Tobago)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fashion Films RD 2017 (Dominican Republic)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chelsea Fashion and Film Festival 2017 (New York, USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chellavision Short Film Fest (California, USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Neu World International Film Festival (Utah, USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film & Video Festival (Bilbao, Spain)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Hope Film Awards 2017 (Las Vegas, USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - FilmOneFest 2017 (New Jersey, USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Golden Bridge International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Quarantine Film Festival 2017 (Varna, Bulgaria)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - SHORT to the Point 2016 December (Online, Romania)
CURATOR'S CHOICE - Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival 2017 (Massachusetts, USA)
FINALIST - Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne 2017 (Melbourne, Australia)
SEMI-FINALIST - Los Angeles CineFest 2017 (California, USA)
SEMI-FINALIST - San Mauro International Film Festival (Torino, Italy)

Summertide (Fashion Short)

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Seattle International Fashion Film Festival 2018 (Seattle, WA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Caribbean fashion & Art Feature Festival 2017 (Trinidad and Tobago)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Lancaster International Short Film Festival 2017 (Lancaster PA) 
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Whatashort Independent International Film Festival 2017 (Delhi, India)
SEMI FINALIST - AM Egypt Film Festival (Cairo, Egypt)

A Duck in the Ocean (screenplay)

Hollywood Screenplay Contest 2014 - Finalist
the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival 2014 - Nominated Best Short Screenplay & Special Table Read
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2015 - Official Selection ¥

Chomolungma (Screenplay)

Mountain Film Festival 2016 - Short Screenplay 3rd Place (California, USA)