Kazuo Ishiguro is a Nobel Prize–winning novelist, screenwriter, and song lyricist. Born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954, he moved to Britain with his parents when he was five years old. His books, translated into over fifty languages, have earned him many honors around the world, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go were adapted into acclaimed films. He received a knighthood in 2018 from the United Kingdom, and also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, from France, and the Order of the Rising Sun – Gold and Silver Star, from Japan. His most recent screenplay is Living, a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. He has served on juries at the Cannes, Venice, and London film festivals.
Biography via Criterion.
