Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, Tezuka Makoto, born 11 August 1961), also
known as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime director, born in
Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the
creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns
Tezuka Productions and helped in releasing the posthumous works of his
father, Osamu Tezuka. He also runs his own company, Neontetra. He is a
representative of board of directors for Tezuka Osamu Cultural
Foundation, a producer and an honoured director of Memorial Hall for
Tezuka Osamu, a city ambassador to the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo
prefecture, a member of the examination board for the Proficiency in
Intellectual Property Management, and a board member of Japan Image
Council. He teaches filmmaking at Tokyo University of Technology and
Image Forum in Tokyo. He is married to manga artist Reiko Okano.
Tezuka is a descendant of Hattori HanzÅ , a famous ninja and samurai
who faithfully served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sengoku period in
Japan. He supervised Naoki Urasawa's Pluto manga series, as it adopts
a story arc of his father's own manga Astro Boy.Makoto Tezuka was born
as the eldest son of Osamu Tezuka. He completed his primary and
secondary education at Seikei Academy, known as Seikei Gakuen. As a
kid, Makoto loved comics with the motif of monsters and ghosts,
showing a preference over "Ultra Q" over "W3" which was produced by
Mushi Production, his father's production company at the time. Makoto
writes in his own book that he always felt that his father's works are
too accessible and available to him that he preferred to seek out
something else, hence he never showed keen interest in immersing
himself in his father's works.Makoto's first breakthrough came when he
was still a student at Seikei Academy and made 8mm film "Fantastic
Party" which was selected for a special award dedicated to talented
high school students at a film festival specialized in 8mm films.
Nagisa Oshima, who was one of the juries at the festival, and other
notable people from the film industry praised Macoto's work. Following
his breakthrough, his works "UNK" and " High-School Terror" got
selected for Pia Film Festival and brought him acclaim. MaKoto's short
film "High School Terror" was a pioneering piece for the booming of
the genre of Japanese horror film.Makoto joined Nihon University, Film
Department of the Faculty of Arts, and directed another 8mm film
"MOMENT" in 1981. The film gained popularity among youth and was sold
widely as DVD. While still in the university, Makoto directed his
first feature-length film "The Legend of the Stardust Brothers" for
theatrical release, in partnership with musician Haruo Chikada. Since
then, Makoto has been working in the field of making feature-length
film, TV series, art film and PV as visualist.
known as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime director, born in
Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the
creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns
Tezuka Productions and helped in releasing the posthumous works of his
father, Osamu Tezuka. He also runs his own company, Neontetra. He is a
representative of board of directors for Tezuka Osamu Cultural
Foundation, a producer and an honoured director of Memorial Hall for
Tezuka Osamu, a city ambassador to the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo
prefecture, a member of the examination board for the Proficiency in
Intellectual Property Management, and a board member of Japan Image
Council. He teaches filmmaking at Tokyo University of Technology and
Image Forum in Tokyo. He is married to manga artist Reiko Okano.
Tezuka is a descendant of Hattori HanzÅ , a famous ninja and samurai
who faithfully served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sengoku period in
Japan. He supervised Naoki Urasawa's Pluto manga series, as it adopts
a story arc of his father's own manga Astro Boy.Makoto Tezuka was born
as the eldest son of Osamu Tezuka. He completed his primary and
secondary education at Seikei Academy, known as Seikei Gakuen. As a
kid, Makoto loved comics with the motif of monsters and ghosts,
showing a preference over "Ultra Q" over "W3" which was produced by
Mushi Production, his father's production company at the time. Makoto
writes in his own book that he always felt that his father's works are
too accessible and available to him that he preferred to seek out
something else, hence he never showed keen interest in immersing
himself in his father's works.Makoto's first breakthrough came when he
was still a student at Seikei Academy and made 8mm film "Fantastic
Party" which was selected for a special award dedicated to talented
high school students at a film festival specialized in 8mm films.
Nagisa Oshima, who was one of the juries at the festival, and other
notable people from the film industry praised Macoto's work. Following
his breakthrough, his works "UNK" and " High-School Terror" got
selected for Pia Film Festival and brought him acclaim. MaKoto's short
film "High School Terror" was a pioneering piece for the booming of
the genre of Japanese horror film.Makoto joined Nihon University, Film
Department of the Faculty of Arts, and directed another 8mm film
"MOMENT" in 1981. The film gained popularity among youth and was sold
widely as DVD. While still in the university, Makoto directed his
first feature-length film "The Legend of the Stardust Brothers" for
theatrical release, in partnership with musician Haruo Chikada. Since
then, Makoto has been working in the field of making feature-length
film, TV series, art film and PV as visualist.
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