Nobuhiro Suwa (è« è¨ª 敦彦, Suwa Nobuhiro, born May 28, 1960 in
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese film director working
in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make
use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of
Tokyo Zokei University.Having graduated from Hiroshima Prefectural
Hatsukaichi High School (located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima), Suwa
studied at Tokyo Zokei University, under the tutorship of Nobuhiro
Kawanaka. While at the college, he began working producing independent
films, of which Hanasareru Gang was chosen for the Pia Film Festival.
After graduating from Tokyo Zokei, Suwa began directing television
documentary films, and worked with directors such as SÅ go Ishii and
Masashi Yamamoto.In 1996, his feature film directorial debut, 2/Duo
(2/デュオ, 2/Dyuo) was released. Suwa's second film, M/Other, was
released soon after in 1999, winning the prestigious FIPRESCI Prize at
the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and being the subject of several other
awards and critical acclaim, both in Japan and internationally.
M/Other also won the award for best screenplay at the 50th Mainichi
Film Awards. His assistant director in the film was Miwa
Nishikawa.Suwa's third feature film, H Story (starring KÅ Machida),
was released in March 2000. It presents itself as an autobiographical
documentary on an attempt to remake Alain Resnais' Hiroshima Mon
Amour, and had been noted as an audacious attempt at a Nouvelle Vague
portrayal of his hometown, Hiroshima. The film is bilingual
French-Japanese. Also during the same year, he guest-appeared in and
co-created the SÅ go Ishii-directed samurai epic Gojoe Reisenki:
GOJEI.
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese film director working
in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make
use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of
Tokyo Zokei University.Having graduated from Hiroshima Prefectural
Hatsukaichi High School (located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima), Suwa
studied at Tokyo Zokei University, under the tutorship of Nobuhiro
Kawanaka. While at the college, he began working producing independent
films, of which Hanasareru Gang was chosen for the Pia Film Festival.
After graduating from Tokyo Zokei, Suwa began directing television
documentary films, and worked with directors such as SÅ go Ishii and
Masashi Yamamoto.In 1996, his feature film directorial debut, 2/Duo
(2/デュオ, 2/Dyuo) was released. Suwa's second film, M/Other, was
released soon after in 1999, winning the prestigious FIPRESCI Prize at
the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and being the subject of several other
awards and critical acclaim, both in Japan and internationally.
M/Other also won the award for best screenplay at the 50th Mainichi
Film Awards. His assistant director in the film was Miwa
Nishikawa.Suwa's third feature film, H Story (starring KÅ Machida),
was released in March 2000. It presents itself as an autobiographical
documentary on an attempt to remake Alain Resnais' Hiroshima Mon
Amour, and had been noted as an audacious attempt at a Nouvelle Vague
portrayal of his hometown, Hiroshima. The film is bilingual
French-Japanese. Also during the same year, he guest-appeared in and
co-created the SÅ go Ishii-directed samurai epic Gojoe Reisenki:
GOJEI.
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