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