Ryota Kotani Filmmaker and Producer | Japan

Executive Producer of International Programs, Production Headquarters, NHK Enterprises, INC 2023, working for Spice Series by 8K of NHK/SÉANCE ENTERTAINMENT (Kolkata, India) International Co-Production.

Since 1986 working for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) as a director of documentaries and news operations as Urgent Report After Death of Rajiv Gandhi (1991) and the live show Symphony for the Earth – Satellite Live Message by Seiji Ozawa and World Musicians (1995). His directed documentary European Picnic Plan Breaking against Iron Curtain (1993) won awards from HBF (Hoso Bunka Foundation).

Between 1997 and 1999 he worked as an NHK correspondent to the Hong Kong Office then since 1999 working as a documentary producer of NHK's unique satellite channel cultivating High Definition Documentaries like the travelogue World Strollers (2005-07) and Cats! (2012-14), also as an international co-production Why Democracy (2007) Indian Short film series (2007 & 08) and Queen and I (2008).

His various films were screened at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Chronicle of Amnesiac (2007) by Anirban Datta, India and Char… The No-Man’s Island (2012) by Sourav Sarangi, Spiral Stairs by Ji Tang (2009) from China and Japan; Love & Hate by Sean McAlister (2009) from U.K won awards at the festival.

Currently, he is working in NHK Enterprises as a producer mainly for NHK 4K and 8K channels.