Biography

Born in 1965. Video artist. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. Although he was born to a grandfather who was a painter and a cineaste who continued to make documentary films of the local area, and a father who was a news cameraman for a certain television station, he did not get serious about film production until after entering art school. Even though "Ring Android" ('87) was a crazy blockbuster with no story, no sound, and over 45 minutes, it won the Grand Prix at Image Forum Festival '88. Since then, while working on music video clips and TV commercials, he continued to create short films that explore his unique visual world at an average rate of one a year. Starting with "Vacuum Ice" ('90), which was invited to be screened at the London Film Festival in 1992, in recent years, there have been many opportunities for films to be screened at overseas film festivals. "Eclipse" ('92), which was screened in 13 cities across the United States in 1993, was featured in the Chicago Reader. It received rave reviews from America's leading film critic Fred Camper. Since 1997, he had also started a joint project between Japan and France to introduce Japanese independent movies to France. Every year, a new film is selected as one of the "Japanese experimental films in France," and it is shown on tour throughout France, including at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Strasbourg. In March 2003, he was invited by the same project to travel to France. Screenings and lectures will be held. In 2004, "FRONTIER" won the "Young Perspective Award" at the 57th Cannes International Film Festival Directors' Fortnight.