Kenji Uchida (film director)

Kenji Uchida
Born 1972
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Film director

Kenji Uchida (内田けんじ, Uchida Kenji, born 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture[1]) is a Japanese film director.

He studied filmmaking at San Francisco State University. His independently produced film Weekend Blues won two awards at the 24th Pia Film Festival in 2001.[1] His theatrical feature film debut, A Stranger of Mine (2005), won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival,[1] and also earned him the Best Director award at the 30th Hochi Film Award.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eiga kantoku Uchida Kenji-san". Sōgō toshokan daimokuroku (in Japanese). 21 August 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  • Kenji Uchida on IMDb
  • Schilling, Mark (6 July 2005). "A prize-winning director quite happy to have a laugh". Japan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2011.


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