Kôsai Sekine, a Japanese film director, dramatist, and producer made his debut in 2005 with the short-film Right Place. In the following year, he won the Young Director Grand Prix Award in Cannes for Daughter. Since then, he has been working in the advertisement and music industry. He made commercials for Toyota, Google, UNIQLO, and many other companies. In 2010, Sekine directed the “Nike Music Shoe” campaign, which earned him the Silver Award at Cannes Lions. Dust to Dust is his second feature film documentary.