Hirokazu Koreeda

Hirokazu Koreeda
Hirokazu Koreeda at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	June 6, 1962 (1962-06-06) (age 49) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor
Years active	1989–present

Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu^?, born June 6, 1962) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. 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 on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

He has produced films for directors Miwa Nishikawa and Yusuke Iseya.

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Awards 3 Further reading 4 External links

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Lessons from a Calf	Director (documentary)
1991	However...	Director (documentary)
1994	August without Him	Director (documentary)
1995	Maborosi	Director
1996	Without Memory	Director (documentary)
1998	After Life	Director, writer, editor
2001	Distance
2004	Nobody Knows	Director, producer, writer
2006	Hana	Director, writer
2008	Still Walking	Director, writer, editor
	Daijōbu dearu yō ni: Cocco owaranai tabi	Director
2009	Air Doll	Director, producer, writer, editor
2011	I Wish	Director

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

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.

External links

• Interview with Hirokazu Koreeda, MUBI
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Overview of Hirokazu Koreeda's Films (ThoughtCatalog.com)
• Interview with Koreeda Hirokazu - Documentary Box (Interviewer: Aaron Gerow)
• The Films of Hirokazu Koreeda - Harvard Film Archive
• Hirokazu Koreeda at the Internet Movie Database
• 是枝裕和 (Hirokazu Koreeda) at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

Films directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Lessons From a Calf (1991) However (1991) August Without Him (1994) Maborosi (1995) This World (1996) Without Memory (1996) After Life (1998) Distance (2001) Nobody Knows (2004) Hana (2006) Still Walking (2008) Air Doll (2009) I Wish (2011)

International Eurasia Award for Best Director (2005) · György Pálfi  Hungary (2006) · Abdellatif Kechiche  Tunisia (2007) · Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan (2008)

Asian Film Award for Best Director Jia Zhangke (2007) · Lee Chang-dong (2008) · Hirokazu Koreeda (2009) · Lu Chuan (2010) · Lee Chang-dong (2011)

Persondata
Name	Koreeda, Hirokazu
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese film director
Date of birth	June 6, 1962
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death