Tsubasa Matsumoto

Director

英語と日本語のバイリンガルディレクター。

スガモ生まれ。慶應高校中退後に大検を取り単身渡米、New York University映画学科卒。NYで独立し、2021年には日本人監督として唯一、アメリカ最大級のトライベッカ映画祭に入選。プランナーとして入ることも多く、自分でカメラも回せます。

2018年夏に日本にも活動の場を広げ、現在はCM、MV、 ショートフィルム、 ドキュメンタリーの監督として活動。ヴァレンティノ、UNIQLO、VOGUE、洋服の青山、DESCENTEといったファッションフィルムやAya Gloomy、三浦透子のMVから、ヒューガルデン、川崎競馬、日立といった企業CM、自主映画の監督まで幅広く手掛けています。

流行を追うのではなく、流行を作る人であろうと意識しています。好きなものは牛乳とMCバトルと地方のスナック巡り。野菜とシャキシャキした物が食べれない。100年後の人々にも感動を与え続ける色褪せない作品を作ることが目標です。


Tsubasa Matsumoto is a bilingual director based between NYC and Tokyo. Born and raised in Tokyo, he dropped out of high school and moved to Idaho alone to pursue his dream of becoming a director. He later graduated with a BFA in Film & Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

His work spans commercials, music videos, fashion films, narratives and passion projects— each shaped by a cinematic eye, emotional truth, and a quiet obsession with detail.

Whether he's shooting in the mountains, trespassing MTA property for passion projects, or simmering sauce for hours, he approaches creation with precision and wonder. His short film Prelude, a love story between a sperm and an egg, was awarded at Tribeca Film Festival. He’s directed campaigns for brands like Valentino, Vogue, UNIQLO, Brandon Blackwood, Hoegaarden, and Toyota. He’s also collaborated with artists including JayRole, Aya Gloomy, Toko Miura, and MISIA.

Pushing boundaries, he seeks to take risks, influence trends, and ultimately create new classics that will touch people’s hearts even 100 years from now. His favorite film is American Beauty and his favorite drink is milk.

When he’s not directing, he’s probably hiking, cooking eggs benedict, or dreaming about a future farmhouse, a vintage Mercedes, and a wooden boat that serves no purpose other than to be beautiful.