Masahiro Kobayashi (å° æž— æ"¿åºƒ, Kobayashi Masahiro, born January 6,
1954) is a Japanese film director.Kobayashi became the first Japanese
filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic
Film Festival. In its wake, he founded Monkey Town Productions and
made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive
years at Cannes: Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) and Man Walking on
Snow (2001) in Un Certain Regard and Koroshi (2000) in the Directors'
Fortnight. Bashing was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
“Amazing Story†(2003), “The Rebirth†(2007) and “Where are
you?†(2009) were invited in competition to Festival del film
Locarno. “The Rebirth†won four prizes at the 60th Festival del
film Locarno prizes including the Golden Leopard and the Daniel Schmid
award. In 2008,International Film Festival Rotterdam,Festival do Rio
and the Buenos Aires International Film Festival hosted a
retrospective of his films to great acclaim. KOBAYASHI Masahiro makes
out of as many as 16 feature films that mostly written and produced by
himself.
1954) is a Japanese film director.Kobayashi became the first Japanese
filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic
Film Festival. In its wake, he founded Monkey Town Productions and
made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive
years at Cannes: Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) and Man Walking on
Snow (2001) in Un Certain Regard and Koroshi (2000) in the Directors'
Fortnight. Bashing was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
“Amazing Story†(2003), “The Rebirth†(2007) and “Where are
you?†(2009) were invited in competition to Festival del film
Locarno. “The Rebirth†won four prizes at the 60th Festival del
film Locarno prizes including the Golden Leopard and the Daniel Schmid
award. In 2008,International Film Festival Rotterdam,Festival do Rio
and the Buenos Aires International Film Festival hosted a
retrospective of his films to great acclaim. KOBAYASHI Masahiro makes
out of as many as 16 feature films that mostly written and produced by
himself.
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