Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu; born 6 June 1962) is a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004) and Still Walking (2008). For Like Father, Like Son (2013) and Shoplifters (2018), he won the Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize and Palme d'Or, respectively.