# animate! › Films › From Nose to Mouth by Joji Koyama › direction & collaboration

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**From Nose to Mouth** a film by Joji Koyama

[Joji Koyama](https://www.jojikoyama.com)

2006, 18 min 23 sec

### Joji Koyama

#### short biography

Joji was born in Tokyo, Japan and studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London. In 2000 he was nominated for a Becks Futures Student Video Prize. He has since directed an award-winning short film [Watermelon Love](http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/M/mesh/year_four/320_watermelon.html) (Nexus for C4, 2004), widely screened at international festivals. Joji is also known by the alias Woof Wan-Bau when directing music videos, including FourTet [My Angel Rocks Back & Forth](http://www.oncotton.co.uk/woof/work.php), winner of Public Choice Best Music Video at the 2004 British Animation Awards.

June 2005

#### artist’s website

[Joji Koyama](http://www.jojikoyama.com/)

**From Nose to Mouth** film, stills and other materials © Joji Koyama 2006