Rie Koga
Directing
Biography
Rie Koga (she/her) spent seven years in Japan's animation and video game industry as a storyboard artist and a director before moving to the US in 2011. She started working as a storyboard artist on TMNT (2012) and later became an episode director. Furthermore, she directed a short film titled 'Turtles Take Time (and Space)' as a part of Nickelodeon's TMNT shorts project. She was nominated for an Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design as part of the crew. She has worked on action-comedy series like Voltron: Legendary Defender at DreamWorks TV, Big Hero 6 at Disney TVA, and Maya and the Three at Netflix. She recently stepped into the role of Head of Story for her very first feature film, ULTRAMAN: RISING, courtesy of Netflix.
Known For

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.
Ultraman: Rising

The Turtles discover an artifact that sends them through time and space.