Takeshi Fukunaga | |
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![]() Fukunaga in 2022 | |
Background information | |
Born | September 10, 1982 |
Origin | Date, Hokkaido, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Writer / Director |
Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York.
His first feature film, Out of My Hand (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival [1] and won the US Fiction Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. [2] He won the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival. [3]
The film was later released worldwide through Ava DuVernay’s distribution company, ARRAY. Takeshi was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. [4] In 2017, he was selected for The Residence by Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation to develop his second feature film.
Takeshi Fukunaga | |
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![]() Fukunaga in 2022 | |
Background information | |
Born | September 10, 1982 |
Origin | Date, Hokkaido, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Writer / Director |
Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York.
His first feature film, Out of My Hand (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival [1] and won the US Fiction Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. [2] He won the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival. [3]
The film was later released worldwide through Ava DuVernay’s distribution company, ARRAY. Takeshi was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. [4] In 2017, he was selected for The Residence by Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation to develop his second feature film.