ポーランド国立映画大学で演出を学ぶ。『愚行録』(17) が、ベネチア国際映画祭 オリゾンティ部門に選出されたほか、新藤兼人賞銀賞、ヨコハマ映画祭新人監督賞など受賞。『蜜蜂と遠雷』(19) では、毎日映画コンクール日本映画大賞、日本アカデミー賞優秀作品賞など受賞。2021年には、世界的なSF作家であるケン・リュウ原作の『Arcアーク』(21) を監督。『ある男』(22) は、ベネチア国際映画祭オリゾンティ部門、釜山国際映画祭ではクロージングに選出され、日本アカデミー賞で最優秀作品賞を含む最多８冠を飾るなど、国内外から大きな注目を集めた。最新作である『遠い山なみの光』(25) は、2025年カンヌ国際映画祭のある視点部門に選出されている。
Kei Ishikawa studied directing at the Łódź Film School in Poland. His film, GUKOROKU – TRACES OF SIN (17), was selected for the Orizzonti Competition at the Venice International Film Festival and went on to win several awards, including the Shindo Kaneto Awards’ Silver Prize and the Morita Yoshimitsu Memorial New Director Award at the Yokohama Film Festival. Among its many accolades, Listen to the Universe (19) was named Best Japanese Film at the Mainichi Film Awards and received the Japan Academy Film Prize for best film of the year. In 2021, Ishikawa directed Arc (21), based on a story by world-renowned science fiction author Ken Liu. The following year, A MAN (22) was featured in the Orizzonti Competition at the Venice International Film Festival and chosen as the closing film at the Busan International Film Festival. The work attracted significant attention both domestically and internationally, winning a total of eight Japan Academy Film Prize awards, more than any other film that year, including the award for best film. Ishikawa’s latest work, A Pale View of Hills (25), was selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.