Ikiru (director)


Ikiru aka Ikiru Genzai or IKR1 is a Russian-American film director.
WWW IKR1.com

Biography

Ikiru grew up in both Moscow and New York City's Lower East Side. Having obtained a Communication Arts degree in 1999, he assumed the alias Ikiru Genzai in homage to Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru and a character in it. Under this alias he became a member of several conceptual, politically-conscious graphic design collectives such as the Pencilninja Company and GTS.
From 2003 to 2009 Ikiru attended the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin in Berlin, Germany.
Adhering to a 60's-70s auteur tradition, Ikiru's work creatively explores and interprets social ailments from an underdog perspective.