George Iida (飯ç"° è²æ²», Iida JÅ ji, born March 1, 1959) is a
Japanese film and television director, screenwriter, manga author, and
novelist. Iida has worked continually in Japan's film, television,
anime and manga industries since the early 1980s; predominantly in the
genres of horror and science fiction.Iida was first discovered when
his 8mm short Intermission (Kyukei) was screened at the 1980 PIA Film
Festival. For the next few years, Iida found work alternating as a
scriptwriter for pink films and as an assistant director for other
productions. He was subsequently given the opportunity to direct his
own project, the straight-to-video production Cyclops (1987). Iida
soon followed this with his theatrical debut, Battle Heater (1989), a
horror comedy about a man-eating kotatsu that terrorizes the tenants
of a rundown apartment block.In the 1990s Iida branched out into
television, creating the series Night Head (1992-1993), which would go
on to spawn an entire franchise including a made-for-TV movie of the
same name in 1994 as well as manga and books. An anime series, Night
Head Genesis, was subsequently produced in 2006. Other notable
productions include the 1998 Rasen, the original sequel to Hideo
Nakata's film Ring (before Nakata directed the better known, and
otherwise unrelated, Ring 2 in 1999), and the police procedural/horror
Another Heaven (2000). Rasen was based on Koji Suzuki's second novel
of his Ring Trilogy of the same name, also known as The Spiral.
Another Heaven was based on one of Iida's own books.Iida's most recent
theatrical production as director was Dragon Head (2003), a
live-action adaptation of the manga series by Minetaro Mochizuki.
Japanese film and television director, screenwriter, manga author, and
novelist. Iida has worked continually in Japan's film, television,
anime and manga industries since the early 1980s; predominantly in the
genres of horror and science fiction.Iida was first discovered when
his 8mm short Intermission (Kyukei) was screened at the 1980 PIA Film
Festival. For the next few years, Iida found work alternating as a
scriptwriter for pink films and as an assistant director for other
productions. He was subsequently given the opportunity to direct his
own project, the straight-to-video production Cyclops (1987). Iida
soon followed this with his theatrical debut, Battle Heater (1989), a
horror comedy about a man-eating kotatsu that terrorizes the tenants
of a rundown apartment block.In the 1990s Iida branched out into
television, creating the series Night Head (1992-1993), which would go
on to spawn an entire franchise including a made-for-TV movie of the
same name in 1994 as well as manga and books. An anime series, Night
Head Genesis, was subsequently produced in 2006. Other notable
productions include the 1998 Rasen, the original sequel to Hideo
Nakata's film Ring (before Nakata directed the better known, and
otherwise unrelated, Ring 2 in 1999), and the police procedural/horror
Another Heaven (2000). Rasen was based on Koji Suzuki's second novel
of his Ring Trilogy of the same name, also known as The Spiral.
Another Heaven was based on one of Iida's own books.Iida's most recent
theatrical production as director was Dragon Head (2003), a
live-action adaptation of the manga series by Minetaro Mochizuki.
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