Chie Hayakawa (æ©å·ÂÃ¥ÂÂçµµ, Hayakawa Chie; born August 20, 1976) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Tokyo.
Hayakawa graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts in 2001. Her various early short films were screened at the school's gallery and film festivals. She gave birth to two children in New York and returned to Tokyo in 2008.
In Tokyo, she enrolled in a one-year film program at a night school whilst working. Her thesis film, Niagara, was selected for the screening at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and won the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival.
In 2022, her first feature film Plan 75 received Caméra d'Or â Mention Spéciale (also called Caméra d'Or â Mention d'honneur) at the Cannes Film Festival.
In April 2025, her feature film Renoir was officially selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d'Or.