Maya Yonesho
Directing
Biography
Born in 1965 in Hyogo, Japan. Maya Yonesho was born in 1965 Hyogo, Japan. After working as an art teacher at a junior high school for several years, she returned to college to study Japanese painting and conceptual & media art at Kyoto City University of Arts and also worked for a children's TV program as a clay animator. After receiving her MA of fine art (1998), she began making independent films and conducting various animation workshops. She has been a lecturer at several Art Universities since 2000.
Known For
Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even sillier than the agents themselves. Frank and Wendy, for whom saving the world is their daily work, achieve both mental and manual feats with the greatest of ease. It appears that nothing can prevent their ultimate victory, but go figure. The axis of evil does not wither and attacks the super-agents from where they can least expect it...
Frank & Wendy
Doors in our life. Each has a melody, like a music box. They have stories, like a book. They will be opened one by one.
Üks Uks
A series of hand-drawn short animations are photographed in the hand of the artist as she travels to various locations in Vienna.
Wiener Wuast
Our dreams will come true if we believe in them. This original film is basically about how easily we can fly, as told by a young girl in an Osaka dialect.
Believe in It
Welcome to Linz!
Linz Delight
The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The main circle (character) is slightly pinker than the other grey circles (people) and she thought she was very special. But she is very grey in a colourful world. She will find out that grey is not just a boring colour.