Makoto Shinozaki (ç¯ å´Ž èª , Shinozaki Makoto) (born 1963 in Tokyo)
is a Japanese film director.Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo
University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films,
and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such
as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he worked at the film company
Cine Saison and starting writing about film and doing long interviews
of directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Kitano for
magazines. While working as a projectionist for the Athénée
Français Cultural Center in Tokyo, he saved up enough money to make
his first 35mm film, Okaeri, for which he won the Wolfgang Staudte
Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995. His next feature film, Not
Forgotten, was screened at the Three Continents Film Festival, where
its stars, Tomio Aoki, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Minoru Oki, shared the
best actor award. Having developed a close relationship with Takeshi
Kitano, Shinozaki has made a documentary on the filming of Kikujiro as
well as a TV movie based on Kitano's autobiographical novel Asakusa
Kid. He has also produced the Cop Festival series featuring short
films by directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko
Shiota, and Hirokazu Koreeda. Continuing to write on film, he has
published a history of horror cinema with Kiyoshi Kurosawa.Shinozaki
continues to direct films while also serving as professor in the
Department of Expression Studies of the College of Contemporary
Psychology at Rikkyo University. His drama film, Since Then, premiered
at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2012.
is a Japanese film director.Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo
University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films,
and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such
as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he worked at the film company
Cine Saison and starting writing about film and doing long interviews
of directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Kitano for
magazines. While working as a projectionist for the Athénée
Français Cultural Center in Tokyo, he saved up enough money to make
his first 35mm film, Okaeri, for which he won the Wolfgang Staudte
Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995. His next feature film, Not
Forgotten, was screened at the Three Continents Film Festival, where
its stars, Tomio Aoki, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Minoru Oki, shared the
best actor award. Having developed a close relationship with Takeshi
Kitano, Shinozaki has made a documentary on the filming of Kikujiro as
well as a TV movie based on Kitano's autobiographical novel Asakusa
Kid. He has also produced the Cop Festival series featuring short
films by directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko
Shiota, and Hirokazu Koreeda. Continuing to write on film, he has
published a history of horror cinema with Kiyoshi Kurosawa.Shinozaki
continues to direct films while also serving as professor in the
Department of Expression Studies of the College of Contemporary
Psychology at Rikkyo University. His drama film, Since Then, premiered
at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2012.
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