Tomoyuki Furumaya (å ¤åŽ© 智之, Furumaya Tomoyuki) (born 14 November
1968) is a Japanese film director.Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya
was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no
dojjibÅ ru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival. That earned
him a Pia Scholarship to make his first theatrical feature, This
Window Is Yours, a film that won the first Dragons and Tigers Award at
the Vancouver International Film Festival and helped him get the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1994. His film Bad
Company won a Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam
Film Festival. Sayonara Midori-chan also was the runner-up in the
competition at the 2005 Three Continents Festival. He has also worked
on such television programs as Mori no Asagao.Furumaya is married to
the actress Miako Tadano.
1968) is a Japanese film director.Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya
was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no
dojjibÅ ru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival. That earned
him a Pia Scholarship to make his first theatrical feature, This
Window Is Yours, a film that won the first Dragons and Tigers Award at
the Vancouver International Film Festival and helped him get the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1994. His film Bad
Company won a Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam
Film Festival. Sayonara Midori-chan also was the runner-up in the
competition at the 2005 Three Continents Festival. He has also worked
on such television programs as Mori no Asagao.Furumaya is married to
the actress Miako Tadano.
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