biography
writer.curator.film critic.filmmaker.
Jasper Sharp is a critic, author, filmmaker and independent scholar specialising in Japanese cinema. He is the co-founder of the website Midnight Eye (www.midnighteye.com) and author of the books The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (2004, with Tom Mes) and The Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema (2011). He is also the co-director, alongside Tim Grabham, of the award-winning documentary about plasmodial slime moulds, The Creeping Garden (2014).