---
name: "Iris Yamashita"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iris-yamashita"
fi1m_id: "iris-yamashita"
imdb_id: "nm2111875"
tmdb_id: 33514
wikidata_id: "Q274985"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 April 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:58:03.346414+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Iris Yamashita

## Identity

Iris Yamashita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iris-yamashita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iris-yamashita
- **IMDb ID:** nm2111875
- **TMDB ID:** 33514
- **Wikidata ID:** Q274985
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Yamashita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2111875/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33514

Writer. Born 1 April 1965 in Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 April 1965, Missouri, USA
- **Also known as:** 山下爱丽斯
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Yamashita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2111875/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33514

## Biography

Iris Yamashita is a Japanese American screenwriter and novelist. Born in Missouri in 1965, she studied engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and San Diego, and virtual reality at the University of Tokyo.

She wrote the screenplay and story for the 2006 film *Letters from Iwo Jima*, directed by Clint Eastwood. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, shared with Paul Haggis.

Her novels include *City Under One Roof* (2023) and *Village in the Dark* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Letters from Iwo Jima*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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