BIOGRAPHY

Kyoko Miyake
三宅響子（みやけ きょうこ）

I originally came to the UK to continue my historical research, having studied English history at Tokyo University. I worked in journalism after completing an M.Phil in history of English witchcraft at Oxford University as a Swire Centenary Scholar.

Several short documentaries I directed have been shown at festivals internationally including Berlin, London, Sydney and SilverDocs. My latest film, Hackney Lullabies, won Berlin Today Award 2011 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Mrs. Birks’ Sunday Roast, commissioned through Film London’s scheme has been added to the British Film Institute’s National Archive collection, and enjoyed a successful 2-week run at the IFC Center New York in summer 2011. I have been selected to participate in prestigious training schemes such as Berlinale Talent Campus, Crossing Borders, Talent Campus Tokyo and Baltic Sea and Japan Co-production Forum.

I am currently developing my first feature-length documentary as a Japan/UK/Germany/Netherlands coproduction.

FILMOGRAPHY

Beyond the Wave - in development
Somaly - in development
The Motorcycle Druid - in post production
Hackney Lullabies (2011)
Oven Songs (2010)
Mrs Birks' Sunday Roast (2009)
Simorgh (2008)
For Your Tomorrow (2007)

For Kyoko's filmography on IMDB, visit the IMDB site.