Kazuki Ōmori

Kazuki Ōmori
Born March 3, 1952 (1952-03-03) (age 59)
Osaka, Japan
Occupation Film director and screenwriter.
Website
(Japanese) Firstwood Entertainment Inc.

Kazuki Ōmori (大森 一樹 Ōmori Kazuki?, born March 3, 1952) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

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Career

Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine[1] and actually holds a license to practice medicine.[2] While in school, he began making films independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise.[3] His script "Orenji rōdo kyūkō" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the next year he was able to film that in his professional debut.[1] Several of his films, such as the 1980 Hipokuratesu-tachi, feature doctors or rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of genres, including suspense films, musicals, and most famously abroad, several contributions to the Heisei Godzilla series.[3]

Ōmori also participated in the formation of Director's Company in 1982, an independent production company founded by nine directors, including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sōgo Ishii, Shinji Sōmai, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa.[1] In 2000, he became a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication University, and in 2005, a professor at Osaka University of Arts.[1] He was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.

Filmography

As director

As writer

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ōmori Kazuki". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A3%AE%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%B9. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Ōmori Kazuki kantoku "Shōkibo de aru koto ga meritto"". Eiga.com. http://eiga.com/news/20110225/10/. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Daigei wākushoppu". Daigei Film Award. http://www.daigei-eizou.com/award-2009/tokyo/special/work.html. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 

External links

Films directed by Kazuki Ōmori