Life Cycle Institute Inc.

Hello! I am Naoko Nakagawa, an owner of this company.

Born in Tokyo, Japan and came here in California in 1994.

After a lot of studies and experiences as educator in Tokyo, I strongly felt that Japanese students should have more visual texts to understand the world around us.  So I determined to study how to make informative documentary films for the use in the classroom.

In 2001, I completed my MFA at Academy of Art University, Motion Pictures and Television, and my informative documentary project "A Man of Light" which led me to some film festival all over the world such as Amsterdam, and San Francisco and Sacramento.   

"A Man of Light" has been screened in many places all over the world.

In the USA,

at Tokyo Women's Christian University's reunion in San Francisco (2001)

in Walnut Creek, California (2001)

at Delancey Theater in San Francisco (2001)

 at  Sacramento Music and Film Festival (2001)

In the classroom of John Dobson, MA at Academy of Art University (2001- )

 In Europe,

 at Docs For Sale (IDFA) in Amsterdam (2001)

 in Paris (2002)

In Japan

in the Bioethics class of Professor Rihito Kimura,Ph.D. at Waseda University (2001～2004)
in the class of  Rihito Kimura at Keisen University

(2006~present ) where he serves as a President and Professor of Bioethics.
in his lecture of Bioethics in various educational institutions,
academic associations, civic organizations and churches etc. all over Japan (2001~present)