Atsushi Ogata (ç·'æ–¹ 篤, Ogata Atsushi) is a Japanese film director,
scriptwriter, video artist, and actor. Born in Japan and partly raised
in the United States, Ogata has worked in the Netherlands, Germany,
Japan, and the US. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Center
for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Ogata has received funding from ZDF German national public
television and the Dutch National Film Fund for his screenplays.His
father, was banker Shijuro Ogata and his mother was United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata.Ogata's short film
Eternally Yours (ä¸ è€ é•·å¯¿, FurochÅ ju), which he wrote, directed,
and produced, was the only Japanese film to be selected for the New
Directors/New Films Festival 2007 in New York at the Museum of Modern
Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. It won the Best Short Film
Award at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival in Thailand, the
Seahorse Award Best Short Film at the Moondance International Film
Festival 2007, and the Indie Soul Best Story Line Award at the Boston
International Film Festival 2008. Wakiyaku Monogatari (脇役物語),
his feature-film directorial debut Cast Me If You Can was released on
October 23, 2010 in Japan.
scriptwriter, video artist, and actor. Born in Japan and partly raised
in the United States, Ogata has worked in the Netherlands, Germany,
Japan, and the US. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Center
for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Ogata has received funding from ZDF German national public
television and the Dutch National Film Fund for his screenplays.His
father, was banker Shijuro Ogata and his mother was United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata.Ogata's short film
Eternally Yours (ä¸ è€ é•·å¯¿, FurochÅ ju), which he wrote, directed,
and produced, was the only Japanese film to be selected for the New
Directors/New Films Festival 2007 in New York at the Museum of Modern
Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. It won the Best Short Film
Award at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival in Thailand, the
Seahorse Award Best Short Film at the Moondance International Film
Festival 2007, and the Indie Soul Best Story Line Award at the Boston
International Film Festival 2008. Wakiyaku Monogatari (脇役物語),
his feature-film directorial debut Cast Me If You Can was released on
October 23, 2010 in Japan.
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