Person
Shinji Aoyama
Directing · 1964–2022 · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Shinji Aoyama (July 13, 1964 - March 25, 2022) was 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.
Known for
The Private Detective Mike
Director
Two Punks
Director
Eureka
Director
Shokuzai no Sonata
Director
Haruneko
Producer
The Written Face
Assistant Director
Shady Grove
Director
Backwater
Director
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Director
The Lakeside Murder Case
Director
Filmography
- 2026A Weapon in My HeartDirector
- 2025BAUS: The Ship's Voyage ContinuesScreenplay
- 2020Living in the SkyDirector
- 2020Goldfish PrincessDirector
- 2019Saijō no proposeDirector
- 2016HarunekoProducer
- 2016カラフルな細いパイプDirector
- 2015Give my regards to Yakima CanuttDirector
- 2015FuGAK 3／Farewell, My Dear Eien.Director
- 2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
- 2015Broken Hearts for SaleDirector
- 2015Shokuzai no SonataDirector
- 2014FUGAKU 2 / The SEAGULL The ShotsDirector
- 2013BackwaterDirector
- 2013FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog HouseDirector
- 2013The War and a WomanMusic
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector
- 2011CutCo-Writer
- 2011Tokyo ParkDirector
- 2011Three☆Points
- 2010DOWNDirector
- 2008R246 STORYScreenplay
- 2008Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?Self
- 2008Little Red Riding HoodDirector
- 2007Sad VacationDirector
- 2006AADirector
- 2006CricketsDirector
- 2005Wish You Were HereDirector
- 2005My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?Director
- 2005The Lakeside Murder CaseDirector
- 2004Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no UtaDirector
- 2003TRUNKDirector
- 2003Days in the ShadeDirector
- 2003海流から遠く離れてDirector
- 2003Like a Desperado Under the EavesDirector
- 2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No NameDirector
- 2003The Detective Who Can Say No
- 2003Deka MatsuriDirector
- 2003Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital ProjectDirector
- 2002Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through KumanoDirector
- 2002The Private Detective MikeDirector
- 2001TampenMan
- 2001phew videoDirector
- 2001To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left OutDirector
- 2001Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the BarnDirector
- 2001Desert MoonDirector
- 2001ChloeKitano
- 2001EurekaDirector
- 2001Not To Talk About All Of Her Old AgeDirector
- 1999Barren IllusionFascist
- 1999EmbalmingDirector
- 1999Shady GroveDirector
- 1999License to Liveman in pub
- 1999June 12, 1998: At the Edge of ChaosDirector
- 1997An ObsessionDirector
- 1997Wild LifeDirector
- 1996Two PunksDirector
- 1996HelplessDirector
- 1996YûriAssistant Director
- 1996Celebrate Cinema 101Director
- 1995BeRLiNAssistant Director
- 1995Not in the Textbooks!Director
- 1995The Written FaceAssistant Director
- 1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The EscapeAssistant Director
- 1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The HeistAssistant Director
- 1994The Dream of GarudaScreenplay
- 1992The Guard from UndergroundAssistant Director
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