Kazuki Ōmori (大森 一樹, Ōmori Kazuki, born March 3, 1952) is a
Japanese film director and screenwriter.Born in Osaka, ÅŒmori studied
at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and holds a license to
practice medicine. While in school, he began making films
independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured
Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise. His script "Orenji
rŠdo kyūkŠ" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the
next year he was able to film that in his professional debut. Several
of his films, such as the 1980 Hipokuratesu-tachi, feature doctors or
rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of
genres, including suspense films, musicals, and most famously abroad,
several contributions to the Heisei Godzilla series.ÅŒmori also
participated in the formation of Director's Company in 1982, an
independent production company founded by nine directors, including
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, SÅ go Ishii, Shinji SÅ mai, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa.
In 2000, he became a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication
University, and in 2005, a professor at Osaka University of Arts. He
was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.
Japanese film director and screenwriter.Born in Osaka, ÅŒmori studied
at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and holds a license to
practice medicine. While in school, he began making films
independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured
Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise. His script "Orenji
rŠdo kyūkŠ" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the
next year he was able to film that in his professional debut. Several
of his films, such as the 1980 Hipokuratesu-tachi, feature doctors or
rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of
genres, including suspense films, musicals, and most famously abroad,
several contributions to the Heisei Godzilla series.ÅŒmori also
participated in the formation of Director's Company in 1982, an
independent production company founded by nine directors, including
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, SÅ go Ishii, Shinji SÅ mai, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa.
In 2000, he became a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication
University, and in 2005, a professor at Osaka University of Arts. He
was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.
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