Nicole Midori Woodford (b. 1986) is a Singaporean film director and screenwriter who is known for her feature film Last Shadow at First Light (2023).[1]
Her debut feature film Last Shadow at First Light premiered at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was nominated for best screenplay and best performance by Mihaya Shirata at the 2023 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[2]
Early life and education
editWoodford's father and aunt are half-Japanese and half-Eurasian.[3] Her late Japanese grandmother, who inspired Woodford's debut feature, had missed her train to work from her home in Kure in 1945 and thus survived the Hiroshima atomic blast.[4]
Woodford studied film at the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University. She graduated in 2009 in the school's pioneer batch, and has later taught there since 2018.[3]
Career
editWoodford is part of Berlinale Talents and the Asian Film Academy in 2010. She received the Young Artist Award in 2020, Singapore's highest award for young arts practitioners, aged 35 and below.[5]
Woodford's short films have competed at international film festivals including Busan, Clermont-Ferrand and Singapore. She has also directed an episode of HBO Asia anthology series Folklore Season 2, produced by Eric Khoo in 2021.[2]
Since 2018, Woodford has been a film lecturer at NTU.[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | For We Are Strangers | Short film |
| 2017 | Permanent Resident | Short film |
| 2018 | Waiting Room | Short film |
| 2018 | Tenebrae | Short film |
| 2023 | Last Shadow at First Light | Feature film |
References
edit- ^ Lye, Jesslyn (2024-06-17). "Nicole Midori Woodford rounds up the female-directed films that have inspired her as a filmmaker". Vogue Singapore. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b Shackleton, Liz (2023-11-02). "Singapore's Nicole Midori Woodford On Hauntings & Echoes Of Trauma In 'Last Shadow At First Light' – APSAs". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b c Lui, John (2024-05-08). "Director Nicole Midori Woodford finds her 'Singapore girl' in Japan for debut film". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Sng, Suzanne (2023-07-28). "Singaporean director Nicole Midori Woodford's debut film to premiere at San Sebastian festival". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Ong, Sor Fern (2020-12-10). "2020 Young Artist Award recipients count their blessings in a pandemic year". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-11-04.