Hirokazu Koreeda

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Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝裕和 Koreeda Hirokazu, born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.

Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director making documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off set to direct his first film, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

Has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Awards 3 Further reading 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Filmography

1. Hana yori mo naho (2006)
2. Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004)
3. Distance (2001)
4. After Life (Wandafuru Raifu) (1998)
5. Without Memory (1996)
6. This World (1996)
7. Maborosi (Maboroshi no hikari) (1995)
8. August Without Him (1994)
9. However (1991)
10. Lessons From a Calf (1991)

[edit] Awards

• Golden Osella, Best Director (tied), 1995 Venice Film Festival
• Blue Ribbon Award, Best Director, for Dare mo shiranai (2004) Blue Ribbon Awards
• Blue Ribbon Award, Best Film, for Dare mo shiranai (2004) Blue Ribbon Awards
• Best Film, for Wandafuru raifu (1998) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• Best Screenplay, for Wandafuru raifu (1998) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

[edit] Further reading

• "After Life" (Review) by Jonathan Ellis. Film Quarterly, Vol. no. 57, Issue no. 1, pp. 32-37. ISSN 0015-1386.
• "This is your life: Tony Rayns interviews After Life's director Koreeda Hirokazu" Sight & Sound, March 1999.

[edit] See also

• Cinema of Japan

[edit] External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Hirokazu Koreeda at the Internet Movie Database