Shinji Aoyama

was a Japanese movie director, screenwriter, composer, critic, and novelist. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his movie "Eureka". Aoyama was born in Kitakyushu, Japan. He was an art professor at Tama Art University.
Aoyama died on 21 March 2022 in Tokyo, Japan from esophageal cancer, aged 57.