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'''Fran Rubel Kuzui''' is an [[United States|American]] [[film director|movie director]] and [[film producer|producer]]. She received her [[mastersmaster's degree]] from [[New York University]] and was a [[script supervisor]] for a decade, prior to her first film, 1988's ''[[Tokyo Pop]]'', which she co-wrote and directed. The movie was shown at the 1988 [[Cannes Film Festival]] and received critical acclaim{{cn|date=July 2019}} for its depiction of an American woman trying to make sense of the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[youth culture]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DA1631F936A25757C0A96E948260 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=In 'Tokyo Pop,' Youth Cultures Clash |first=Walter |last=Goodman |date=1988-04-15 |access-date=2007-02-26 |quote=You don't have to be a fan of rock music to get a kick out of ''Tokyo Pop,'' a wedding of American and Japanese youth cultures as seen through a fun-house mirror.}}</ref>

However, sheShe is best known as the director of the 1992 film ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', whose original screenplay(which was the basis for the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|television series]]).<ref>{{cite ofweb |url=http://www.fast-rewind.com/tokyopop.htm |publisher=Fast-Rewind.com |title=Tokyo Pop (1988) |first=Bridgette |last=Marie |access-date=2007-02-26}}</ref> She discovered the samescreenplay of writer [[Joss nameWhedon]], expanded the Buffy character with him, and together with producer Kaz Kuzui put together the financing to produce the picture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wideanglecloseup.com/kuzui.html |title=Interview with Fran Rubel Kuzui |publisher=Wide Angle Closeup |first=David |last=Morgan |access-date=2007-02-26}}</ref> Kuzui served as an executive producer on the TV series and its spin-off ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'', having packaged ''Buffy'' along with Kaz Kuzui, Sandollar TV's [[Gail Berman]] and [[Sandy Gallin]].

KuzuiSince was2000, creditedKuzui ashas anlived executivein producerTokyo.<ref>{{Cite onweb the|last=Wappler TV|first=Margaret series and its spin|date=2024-off03-01 ''[[Angel|title=Luke (TVPerry series)|Angel]]'',and havingthe packagedUntold ''Buffy''History alongof with‘Buffy [[Sandollar]]the TV'sVampire [[GailSlayer’ Berman]]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/luke-perry-buffy-the-vampire-slayer and|access-date=2024-10-30 [[Sandy|website=Vanity Gallin]].Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> Along with husband [[Kaz Kuzui]], she founded Kuzui Enterprises, a leader in independent [[film distributor|film distribution]] in Japan whichthat distributes U.S. films there and imports Japanese films for the U.S. market. In 2003, the Kuzuis were among the executive producers for the Thai-Japanese film ''[[Last Life in the Universe]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0345549/fullcredits|publisher=IMDB.com|title=Last Life in the Universe full credits|accessdateaccess-date=2007-04-09}}</ref> In 1997, Kuzui began working with [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] and produced their film ''[[Orgazmo]]''. The Kuzuis also localized and distributed the duo's TV series ''[[South Park]]'' in Japan. Kuzui Enterprises was among the financiers for ''Orgazmo'' and ''[[Telling Lies in America]]''.{{cn|date=July 2019}}

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