KÅ ji Yamamura (å±±æ ' 浩二, Yamamura KÅ ji, born June 4, 1964) is a
Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a
background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits,
animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and
sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many
commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title
sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other
directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature
and textbooks.His animation spans a variety of media, his earliest
independent works mixing clay painting and stop motion with cels, but
has latterly come to concentrate on traditional animation. Two of his
most famous and acclaimed films are the Academy Award for Best
Animated Short Film-nominated and Cristal d'Annecyâ€"winning Mount
Head and the Ottawa Grand Prize and ÅŒfuji NoburÅ Awardâ€"winning A
Country Doctor. His 2011 short film Muybridge's Strings was one of
five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award.Yamamura was born in
Nagoya and studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University. His 2002 movie
Mt. Head (Atama Yama) won the short film award for the Annecy
International Animated Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the 2004
World Festival of Animated Films - Animafest Zagreb and was nominated
for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Yamamura won the 2007
Ottawa Grand Prix with his animated adaptation of Franz Kafka's "A
Country Doctor." Both of the films were included in the Animation Show
of Shows.Yamamura also held an exhibition at the Aichi Expo 2005.
Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a
background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits,
animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and
sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many
commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title
sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other
directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature
and textbooks.His animation spans a variety of media, his earliest
independent works mixing clay painting and stop motion with cels, but
has latterly come to concentrate on traditional animation. Two of his
most famous and acclaimed films are the Academy Award for Best
Animated Short Film-nominated and Cristal d'Annecyâ€"winning Mount
Head and the Ottawa Grand Prize and ÅŒfuji NoburÅ Awardâ€"winning A
Country Doctor. His 2011 short film Muybridge's Strings was one of
five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award.Yamamura was born in
Nagoya and studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University. His 2002 movie
Mt. Head (Atama Yama) won the short film award for the Annecy
International Animated Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the 2004
World Festival of Animated Films - Animafest Zagreb and was nominated
for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Yamamura won the 2007
Ottawa Grand Prix with his animated adaptation of Franz Kafka's "A
Country Doctor." Both of the films were included in the Animation Show
of Shows.Yamamura also held an exhibition at the Aichi Expo 2005.
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