Kundo Koyama is a Japanese author, screenwriter and radio personality. Born in 1964, he began his career as a writer for many popular television programs including the Iron Chef series. In 2003, he wrote an international Emmy nominated program, The Perfect Manual. Koyama also hosts radio programs, writes articles for various international magazines and is the author of the highly acclaimed novel, Film. Departures is Koyama’s debut screenplay.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
