Yuki Tanada
| Yuki Tanada | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 12, 1975 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Yuki Tanada (タナダユキ Tanada Yuki, born 12 August 1975, in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Tanada pursued theater in high school before entering the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image to study filmmaking.[1][2][3][4] Her independently produced film Moru won the grand prize at the 2001 Pia Film Festival.[2] Her next work, Takada Wataru: A Japanese Original, a documentary on a Japanese folk singer, was featured at the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival.[5] She won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for her 2008 film One Million Yen Girl.[1] She has written the scripts for many of her films as well as contributed the script to Mika Ninagawa's Sakuran.[2] She has also directed for television.[1]
Selected filmography
- Moru (モル) (2001)
- Takada Wataru: A Japanese Original (タカダワタル的 Takada Wataru Teki) (2003)
- Moon and Cherry (2004)
- Akai bunka jūtaku no Hatsuko (赤い文化住宅の初子) (2007)
- One Million Yen Girl (2008)
- Oretachi ni Asu wa Naissu (2008)
- The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (ふがいない僕は空を見た Fugainai boku wa sora o mita) (2012)
References
- 1 2 3 2008年度 日本映画監督協会新人賞～タナダユキ監督インタビュー (in Japanese). Director's Guild of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 映画監督タナダユキ. Shigotonin (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Tanada Yuki". Tokyo Source (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ Sharp, Jasper. "Yuki Tanada Interview". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "TIFF History: 16th Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
External links
- Yuki Tanada at the Internet Movie Database
- Yuki Tanada at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)