Shinji Aoyama (é 'å±± 真治, Aoyama Shinji, born July 13, 1964) is a
Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and
novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at
the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.Shinji Aoyama was
born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He began to be
interested in cinema when he watched Apocalypse Now and he thought
seriously about making films after watching Jean-Luc Godard's films
such as Pierrot le Fou and Two or Three Things I Know About Her. He
graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was deeply influenced by
the film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, from whom he took classes.After
graduating, Aoyama worked as an assistant director to Swiss film
director Daniel Schmid, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and
Icelandic director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. He made his directorial
debut with the V-Cinema production It's Not in the Textbook! in
1995.In 1996, Aoyama made Helpless, which is his first feature film.
His 2000 film Eureka, also set in Fukuoka, opened at the 2000 Cannes
Film Festival where it received both the FIPRESCI prize and the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury. Together with the 2007 film Sad Vacation,
Eureka and Helpless comprise Aoyama's "Kitakyushu Saga." In 2011, he
returned with the romance film Tokyo Park, which won the special
Golden Leopard award at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival
to honor his whole career. His next film, The Backwater, was released
in 2013.
Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and
novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at
the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.Shinji Aoyama was
born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He began to be
interested in cinema when he watched Apocalypse Now and he thought
seriously about making films after watching Jean-Luc Godard's films
such as Pierrot le Fou and Two or Three Things I Know About Her. He
graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was deeply influenced by
the film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, from whom he took classes.After
graduating, Aoyama worked as an assistant director to Swiss film
director Daniel Schmid, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and
Icelandic director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. He made his directorial
debut with the V-Cinema production It's Not in the Textbook! in
1995.In 1996, Aoyama made Helpless, which is his first feature film.
His 2000 film Eureka, also set in Fukuoka, opened at the 2000 Cannes
Film Festival where it received both the FIPRESCI prize and the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury. Together with the 2007 film Sad Vacation,
Eureka and Helpless comprise Aoyama's "Kitakyushu Saga." In 2011, he
returned with the romance film Tokyo Park, which won the special
Golden Leopard award at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival
to honor his whole career. His next film, The Backwater, was released
in 2013.
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