RYOTA KOTANI, Tutor and Senior Producer, NHK Enterprises, Japan

Ryota Kotani has worked with the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) as director of documentaries and news operations, since 1986. He has produced, co-produced and executive produced some of the finest documentary films in Asia and beyond, over the last three decades.

His filmography includes, but is not limited to ‘European Picnic Plan against Iron Curtain’ (1993); ‘Why Democracy’(2007); ‘Series of Indian short stories’ (2007 & 2008)’; ‘New Chinese’ including ‘Spiral stairs’ (award in Yamagata), ‘Japan; Love and Hate’ by Sean McAlister (2009) (award in Yamagata); ‘Queen and I’ (2009), ‘A Normal Life: Chronicale of a Sumo Wrestler’ by Jill Coulon; ‘Bom’ by Amlan Datta (2011) and ‘Things Left Behind’ by Linda Hoaglund.

NHK Enterprises INC produces a variety of different types of TV Programmes ranging from Drama, Entertainment to Documentary mainly for the NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japanese public TV. The media organisation also creates experimental and adventurous projects with new technology as 3D travelogue, 4K or 8K programs on nature or sport, and projection mappings.