Shinji Aoyama

Shinji Aoyama

director, writer, second unit director or assistant director

Shinji Aoyama was born on Jul 13, 1964 in Japan. Shinji Aoyama's big-screen debut came with The Guard from Underground directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa in 1992. Shinji Aoyama is known for Das geschriebene Gesicht directed by Daniel Schmid, Tamasaburô Bandô stars as and Han Takehara as . Shinji Aoyama has got 8 awards and 19 nominations so far. The most recent award Shinji Aoyama achieved is Locarno International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Shinji Aoyama plays is Backwater which will be released on Sep 07, 2013.

A director known for the thematic and visual bleakness of his work, Aoyama often sets his films in the Kyushu region from which he hails. He graduated from Rikkyo University and became known in 1996, but it was Eureka in 2000, which won him prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Aoyama would continue in film, but also write novels, contribute to magazines and become a film professor at Tama Art University. Aoyama married actress Maho Toyota and has cast her in his films.

  • Birthday

    Jul 13, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    Kitakyushu, Japan

Known For

Awards

8 wins & 19 nominations

Locarno International Film Festival
2013
Best Director
Winner - Swiss Critics Boccalino Award
2013
Tomogui (2013)
Winner - Swiss Critics Boccalino Award
2011
Tôkyô kôen (2011)
Winner - Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize
2011
Tôkyô kôen (2011)
Winner - Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize
Singapore International Film Festival
2001
Best Asian Feature Film
Winner - Silver Screen Award
Yurîka (2000)
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