Artist Kazu Kibuishi is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel series Amulet, as well as the creator and editor of the anthology Flight and the Web comic Copper . Most recently, he designed the covers for Scholastic’s new editions of the Harry Potter books. Kibuishi claims he’s been a Criterion devotee since childhood: “I first learned about the Criterion Collection through my uncle’s laserdisc collection back in the ’80s. I was just a little kid then, and I wasn’t really allowed to watch most of the films on the discs due to their ratings, but I used to study the artwork on the slipcases and wonder what the films might be like.” Of his eclectic list, which shows his devotion to Akira Kurosawa but also includes Chris Marker, Jean Vigo, and Edward Yang, he writes, “I wanted to choose movies that I think would get people wanting to see more movies, rather than simply listing ten choices that reflected my personal taste.”
Biography via Criterion.
