French/Japanese. London, Tokyo, Paris.

I was selected for the Sundance / NHK lab, the Berlinale-ran Talents Tokyo and the BAFTA Connect program. My latest work, the doc “Tears Teacher”, screened at Sundance and Hot Docs and was acquired by the New York Times.

My feature in development was selected for the Sundance x NHK lab, Talents Tokyo, Focus Asia and received the main award at Busan film festival’s Asian Project Market - following in the footsteps of Bong Joon-ho and Hou Hsiao Hsien to name a few.

The script is currently a Nicholl semi-finalist and Shore Scripts quarter-finalist.

Actor: I've worked both with both indie darlings (Koji Fukada, Naomi Kawase) and on national hits (Death Note, Never Let Me Go, Zack Snyder-produced Army of the Dead).

Feed me cheese and I'll be happy.

Website: https://noemienakai.com

1. Filmmaker

   Freelance · Jul 2017 - Present

2. Associate producer

   FERRARI · Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

   Associate producer on FERRARI, directed by Michael Mann

3. Director's assistant (Michael Mann)

   High-end TV series [HBO Max] · Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

4. Development assistant

   Feature film [DixonBaxiEvans] · May 2018 - Jun 2018

5. Production assistant

   Feature film [FujiTV] · Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

6. Producer's assistant

   Feature film [Netflix] · Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

1. Demystifying legals in film

   Reclaim The Frame · Jun 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. Demystifying financing in film

   Reclaim The Frame · Jun 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

3. Filmonomics: for first time feature filmmakers of marginalised genders

   Reclaim The Frame · Mar 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

4. Masters Film studies

   Waseda University · Mar 2015 - Apr 2017

5. Degree Law

   Keio University · Mar 2009 - Feb 2013