Rima Yamazaki is originally from Japan and moved to New York to pursue her passion for the arts. Prior to joining the Mark Morris Dance Group, she worked at The Japan Foundation, New York, and UnionDocs. Rima is a filmmaker who makes creative documentary films about art, architecture, and cities. Her films have been shown at film festivals and venues around the world, including Cinéma du réel International Documentary Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the International Festival of Films on Art, among others. She has also worked for the documentary filmmaker Michael Blackwood. Rima received a BA in Social Sciences from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan, and a B.A. in Film from Hunter College.