Hirokazu Koreeda

Hirokazu Koreeda
File:Hirokazu Kore-eda Cannes 2015.jpg Koreeda at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Native name	是枝 裕和
Born	(1962-06-06) June 6, 1962 Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Waseda University
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.

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 2013 film Like Father, Like Son was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Jury Prize and won a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury. In October 2013 it won the Rogers People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival. His 2015 film Our Little Sister was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. His 2016 film After the Storm debuted to critical acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category.

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

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Hirokazu Koreeda at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

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
2008	Daijōbu Dearu Yō ni: Cocco Owaranai Tabi	Director (documentary)
2009	Air Doll	Director, producer, writer, editor
2011	I Wish	Director, writer
2013	Like Father, Like Son	Director, writer, editor
2015	Our Little Sister	Director
2016	After the Storm	Director, writer

Television

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

Awards

• 1995: Venice Film Festival - Golden Osella, Best Director (Maborosi)
• 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)
• 2009: Asian Film Awards - Best Director (Still Walking)
• 2013: Cannes Film Festival - Jury award (Like Father, Like Son)
• 2015: Yokohama Film Festival - Best Director (Our Little Sister)

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)