Born in Tokyo in 1969, Seiichi Hishikawa joined Sony Music Entertainment in 1988 and started his career at the label before moving to the United States. Moved to New York City. While working on music TV programs, documentary productions of Broadway musicals, and directing movies and music videos, he also energetically devoted himself to photography and art activities. After returning to Japan, he founded DRAWING AND MANUAL in 1997. Major clients include Sony, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, and Shiseido. As a stage director for fashion collections, he has directed Chanel and Calvin Klein. As a space director, he has supervised exhibitions such as the Motion Graphics Exhibition (Roppongi AXIS), the Kagaku in Motion Exhibition (21_21 DESIGN SIGHT), and the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. The brand film he directed - NTT Docomo's "Xylophone" won over 20 international awards, including the Cannes Lions. As a photographer, he held his first photography exhibition in 2011, "Found stories from a movie that doesn’t exist.," which toured Japan-Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, and Toyama, and as an artist, he presented "Yukimi Shunga" and "srk (Inspired by SHARAKU)," contemporary art works based on Japanese Shunga, in Tokyo, Milan, New York, and Directed the film "youth" in 2017, "Hamonica-Taiyo" in 2018, a film set in Niigata, and a new film “A”ll aboard! in 2020.
Book : “Found stories from a movie that doesn’t exist. Vol.1", a collection of short photo stories.
