#2: [Left] with dir Takashi Minamoto [2005]

 

   


TETSUO NAGATA   AFC

 

Born: 1952, Nagano, Japan.

Education: Université de Paris [Cinéma].

Career: Moved to Tokyo in 1970. Left for France in 1972. Returned to Japan in 1975 and became c.asst with doph Hiroshi Segawa. Moved to Paris again in 1982 and worked as asst with doph Ricardo Aronovich. Became ph in 1988, mainly on commercials, music videos and shorts.

Ph commercials dir by Peter Salmi, Jan Kounen, Thierry Poiraud [for Renault], Satoshi Saikusa [for Lancôme], Xavier Valhonrat [for Danone], Kristian Levring [for Nescafé], Jean-Pierre Jeunet ['Train de nuit' for Chanel N° 5; 60s & 2m20s], a.o.

Awards: 'César' Award [2002] for 'La chambre des officiers'; 'César' Award [2008] for 'La Môme'.

Website: Tetsuo Nagata


 

 FILMS

1988

Le morceau préféré de la batterie fanfare des gardiens de la paix [Pierre-Guillaume Vuilletard] c; short/10m

1989

L'artiste ou le 'personnage' [Philippe Favier] c; short/8m; + co-scrpl

1992

Faut pas rêver! [Michel Thibaud] c; short/8m

1995

L'attente [Jean-Marc Scialom] BetaSP/c; short/6m

1996

Le dernier chaperon rouge [Jan Kounen] c; short/26m

1998

C'est quoi la vie?/What's Life? [François Dupeyron] c

2000

Stand-by [Roch Stéphanik] c

2000

La chambre des officiers/Officer's Ward [François Dupeyron] s35/c

2001

Riders/Team Riders/Steal [Gérard Pirès] s35/c; 2uc: Bruno Philip; Wescam op: John Trapman

2002

Blueberry/Renegade [Jan Kounen] s35/c; + small part

2002

Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches/Leave Your Hands on My Hips [Chantal Lauby] scope/c

2003

Narco [Tristan Aurouet & Gilles Lellouche] p/c

2004

Animal [Roselyne Bosch] scope/c

2005

Daiteiden no yoru ni/Until the Lights Come Back/The Great Blackout Coming [Takashi Minamoto] s35/c

2005

Paris, je t'aime [seg 'Quartier de la Madeleine' dir by Vincenzo Natali] b&w-c; 18 seg

2006

Chrysalis [Julien Leclercq] announced as ph, but left prod, which was delayed, to ph 'La Môme'; film was ph by Thomas Hardmeier

2006

La Môme/La vie en rose [Olivier Dahan] s35/c

2007

Splice/Hybrid [Vincenzo Natali] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: David Herrington

2008

Micmacs à tire-larigot [Jean-Pierre Jeunet] s35/c

 

[Left] in New Orleans for "Leonie"

 

2009

Leonie [Hisako Matsui] s35/c

2011

Russendisko/Russian Disco [Oliver Ziegenbalg] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c

2012

The Forgotten Games [David Ondaatje] pre-production; status unknown

2015

Kainan 1890/Ertuğrul 1890/125 Years Memory [Mitsutoshi Tanaka] HD scope/c