[1] He has taught courses in animation at NYU, Harvard University and Pratt Institute.

[3] He went to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and studied computer animation and spent his extra-curricular time learning other pieces of art that interested him, like film, photography and graphic design.

[6] Kuriyama, then decided to continue the project[7][8] as it did not just help him remember every day, but also put his life into perspective.

In order to collect the funds for the application, he launched a Kickstarter project, which was successful.

Including the time for conceptualizing and creating the storyboard, it took Kuriyama about 14 months to make the video.

[12] When Kuriyama saw Iron Man 3, he was impressed by Jon Favreau, who did not direct the third movie but did come back to play his role.