Jun Hayashi (animator)

Jun Hayashi (林潤) is a London-based Japanese animator, filmmaker and author who wrote about the British people, the culture of the United Kingdom, and especially British cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Hayashi also directed a number of experimental films, the first when he was seventeen.

Bio
Born in Acton, London on 13 March 1982 to his Japanese parents who have immigrated from Nerima, Tokyo, Hayashi became fascinated with British culture, particularly British cinema.

While studying at the, Hayashi directed his first experimental film called The Fortune-Teller on 19 May 1999, thus starting his filmmaking career.

Filmography

 * The Fortune-Teller (1999)
 * Salisbury Blues (1999)
 * Boy with Cat (2000)
 * The Prisoner (2001)
 * Catscratch (2005)