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.
[edit] 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 |
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[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.
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Koreeda, Hirokazu |
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| Short description |
Japanese film director |
| Date of birth |
June 6, 1962 |
| Place of birth |
Tokyo, Japan |
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