Chiemi Karasawa

Adept at capturing the raw and intimate aspects of human life, Chiemi Karasawa was born in the year 1967 in New York, USA. She began her active film career in the mid-2000s, predominantly working in the documentary genre with her most notable works including "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" (2013) and "Love, Gilda" (2018), the former of which won the Miami Film Festival's Documentary Achievement Award. Karasawa's directorial style is characterized by her empathetic and unobtrusive approach, allowing her subjects to tell their own stories in a candid and heartfelt way. Beyond the lens, Chiemi Karasawa is a visionary who brilliantly turns ordinary life stories into extraordinary narratives.