Hideo Nakata

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Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961, in Okayama, Japan) is a Japanese film director.

Nakata is most familiar works to Western audiences with horror films such as Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002). Ringu was later remade in America as The Ring (2002).

Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with True Believers, but later pulled out. He was later offered by DreamWorks to direct the movie The Ring Two (2005), which he accepted, making his English-language debut with a sequel to a remake of his own film.

Nakata made his initial breakthrough into film with Ghost Actress (1996). Although failing to attain any large-scale success, the film was responsible for leading to his directing of Ringu.

Other Nakata films include Sleeping Bride (2000); Curse, Death and Spirit; and Chaos (1999). He has now completed a Japanese ghost story, Kaidan. He is currently working on Hearn, which is about the life of Lafcadio Hearn who wrote Kwaidan.

Hideo Nakata is represented by United Talent Agency.

[edit] Filmography

• Kaidan - Director 2007
• Dark Water - Writer 2005
• The Ring Two - Director 2005
• Last Scene - Director, Producer 2002
• Dark Water - Director, Writer (screenplay) 2002
• Chi wo suu uchuu - Actor 2001
• Sotohiro - Director 2000
• Sleeping Bride (Garasu no nou) - Director 2000
• Sadistic and Masochistic (documentary) - Director, Himself 2000
• Ring 2 - Director, Writer 1999
• Chaos - Director 1999
• Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (documentary) - Director, Writer 1998
• Ringu - Director 1998
• Tokyo biyori - Actor 1997
• Don't Look Up - Director, Writer (story) 1996
• Curse, Death & Spirit (video) - Director

[edit] External links

• Hideo Nakata at the Internet Movie Database
• Nakata's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)