Neo SORA

Neo SORA


Neo SORA, born in New York in 1991, is a filmmaker, translator, and artist who lives in New York and Tokyo. He has worked on numerous film, video, and commercial projects as a director, cameraman, and producer. He is a part of both the artist-filmmaker collective Zakkubalan and the artist collective Lunch Bee House, with whom he made the documentary AINU NENO AN AINU (2019 / NC ‘21). Both his concert film RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: OPUS (2023) and his feature film debut HAPPYEND (2024 / NC ‘25) had their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Happyend, Japan, USA 2024 (Director) NC25
Happyend, Japan, USA 2024 (Script) NC25
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Coda, Japan, USA 2017 (Cinematography) NC23
Ainu Neno An Ainu, Japan 2019 (Director) NC21
Ainu Neno An Ainu, Japan 2019 (Cinematography) NC21