Kōji Yamamura (山村 浩二, Yamamura Kōji, born June 4, 1964) is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors.

Two of his most famous and acclaimed films are the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film-nominated and Cristal d'Annecy–winning Mt.

Head[1] and the Ottawa Grand Prize and Ōfuji Noburō Award–winning A Country Doctor.

[2] Yamamura was born in Nagoya and studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University.

[3] Yamamura won the 2007 Ottawa Grand Prix with his animated adaptation of Franz Kafka's "A Country Doctor."