Hirokazu Koreeda

Hirokazu Koreeda
Hirokazu Koreeda at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1962-06-06) June 6, 1962 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Film director, film producer, screenwriter, 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.

He was described by Thoughtcatalog as "one of the best contemporary Asian directors working today."

Career

Koreeda worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991. His upcoming film Like Father, Like Son has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Style and influences

According to the Harvard Film Archive, Koreeda's works "reflect the contemplative style and pacing of such luminaries as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming-liang."

In a 2009 interview, Koreeda stated that Still Walking was based on his own family.

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	Director, writer, editor
2004	Nobody Knows	Director, producer, writer
2006	Hana	Director, writer
2008	Still Walking	Director, writer, editor
	Daijōbu dearu yō ni: Cocco owaranai tabi	Director (documentary)
2009	Air Doll	Director, producer, writer, editor
2011	I Wish	Director, writer
2013	Soshite Chichi ni Naru	Director, writer

Television

• Lessons from a Calf (1991)
• Going My Home (2012)

Awards

• 1995: Venice Film Festival - Golden Osella, Best Director (tied)
• 1998: Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Film and Best Screenplay (Wonderful Life)
• 2004: Blue Ribbon Awards - Best Film and Best Director (Nobody Knows)

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

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