Umi Ishihara (UMMMI.) is an artist and film director based in Tokyo and London. She makes experimental narrative films and video installations that centre around love, personal memories, womanhood and wider societal issues. Her works have been exhibited by Centre Pompidou Film Festival Hors Pistes Tokyo, CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival exhibition, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019, and commissioned by the BFI/BBC.