Yuri Nishimoto

Yuri Nishimoto

Producer of Peking Opera at Pili International Multimedia

From 1991 to 1992, she studied abroad as an exchange student at Plano Senior High School in Texas, USA, where she was responsible for writing the film section of the school newspaper.

In 1996, she graduated from Waseda University with a degree in Education, majoring in English and English Literature, and joined Toho Co., Ltd. After working at a cinema in the Osaka branch, she returned to the Tokyo headquarters and was in charge of pamphlet and product development in the visual business department. After getting married, she moved to Taiwan in 2001.

In 2002, she worked as an assistant to the president at the animation company “Milk.com,” founded by director Edward Yang, where she handled negotiations with Japanese animation companies and film festival-related tasks.

In 2007, she served as a co-producer for the film “Dōcha,” marking her first role in that capacity, while also acting as an interpreter on set and for the director. Since then, she has been involved in various interpreting and translation tasks.

Since 2013, she has been with Pili International Multimedia, where she is responsible for overseas sales, film festival operations, and domestic and international licensing for the first 3D puppet animation film “The Secret of Ancient Robots.” At the same time, she serves as a producer for the Japan-Taiwan co-production series “Thunderbolt Fantasy,” overseeing coordination between Japan and Taiwan as well as video production.