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Hideho Urata

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Biography

Originally from Japan, Hideho Urata began his career in the United States. A feature film he lensed, KAMATAKI (2005), won five awards at the Montréal World Film Festival 2005, and the Crystal Bear-Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival 2006. He won Best Cinematography at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival 2009 and Best Visual Achievement at the New York Asian Film Festival 2009 for his work on THE CLONE RETURNS HOME (2008). Hideho’s latest feature film in Singapore, A LAND IMAGINED (2018) won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival 2018, and he also won Valladolid International Film Festival - Seminci for Best Cinematography and Asian Pacific Screen Award for Achievement of Cinematography for his work in A LAND IMAGINED (2018).

Known for

Filmography

2025Last Shadow at First LightDirector of Photography
2025RenoirDirector of Photography
2024Stranger EyesDirector of Photography
2024The Box ManDirector of Photography
2024A Girl Named AnnDirector of Photography
2023Deep EndDirector of Photography
2022Plan 75Director of Photography
2019A Land ImaginedDirector of Photography
2018Permanent ResidentDirector of Photography
2017SanjayDirector of Photography
2017Lizard on the WallDirector of Photography
2016The Day I Lost My ShadowDirector of Photography
20157 LettersDirector of Photography
2015PartingDirector of Photography
2013Neo Ultra QDirector of Photography
2012The Meaning of StyleDirector of Photography
2010Making of The Clone Returns HomeSelf
2008The Clone Returns HomeDirector of Photography
2005KamatakiDirector of Photography
2005Animus AnimaDirector of Photography
2000Bicycles and High HeelsDirector of Photography
1996Celebrate Cinema 101Director

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