Hideo Nakata
| Hideo Nakata 中田 秀夫 | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
19 July 1961 Okayama, Japan |
| Other names | Nakada Hideo |
| Occupation | Film director |
Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫 Nakata Hideo; born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker.[1]
Life and career
Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring (1998), Ring 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002).[2] Several of these were remade in America as The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2005), and The Ring Two.[3]
Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with True Believers, but later pulled out. He was later offered by DreamWorks to direct the movie The Ring Two (2005), which he accepted, making his English-language debut with a sequel to a remake of his own film.
Nakata made his initial breakthrough into film with Ghost Actress (1996). Although failing to attain any large-scale success, the film was responsible for leading to his directing of Ring.
Other Nakata films include Sleeping Bride (2000); Curse, Death and Spirit; and Chaos (2000). He directed the psychological thriller The Incite Mill which premiered on 16 October 2010 in Japan.[4] He has now completed a Japanese ghost story, Kaidan.[5] Nakata is currently working on Hearn, which is about the life of Lafcadio Hearn who wrote Kwaidan.
He is represented by United Talent Agency. His film Chatroom, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
Filmography
- Curse, Death & Spirit (1992 video) – Director
- Don't Look Up (1996) – Director, Writer (story)
- Tokyo biyori (1997) – Actor
- Ring (1998) – Director
- Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (1998) (documentary) – Director, Writer
- Ring 2 (1999) – Director, Writer
- Sadistic and Masochistic (2000) (documentary) – Director, Himself
- Sleeping Bride (Garasu no nou) (2000) – Director
- Chaos (2000) – Director
- Sotohiro (2000) – Director
- Chi wo suu uchuu (2001) – Actor
- Dark Water (2002) – Director, Writer (screenplay)
- Last Scene (2002) – Director, Producer
- The Ring Two (2005) – Director
- Dark Water (USA) (2005) – Writer
- Hideo Nakata's Kaidan (2007) – Director
- Death Note: L, change the WorLd (2007) – Director
- The Incite Mill (2009) – Director
- Chatroom (2010) – Director
- The Suicide Forest (2012) – Director
- The Complex (2013) - Director
- Monsterz (2014) - Director[7]
- Words With Gods (2014)
- Ghost Theater (2015)
See also
References
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (18 January 2010). "Hideo Nakata to direct 'Incite Mill'". Variety.
- ↑ "Nakata direct Incite Mill". DreadCentral.
- ↑ "ENOUGH of These Underground Games. Hideo Nakata, It's a Little Late.". BloodyDisgusting.
- ↑ "New Trailer: Spend Some Time in Hideo Nakata's The Incite Mill". DreadCentral.
- ↑ "Full Trailer for Hideo Nakata's 'The Incite Mill'". DreadCentral.
- ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (15 April 2010). "Hollywood Reporter: Cannes Lineup". hollywoodreporter. Archived from the original on April 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ↑ "Fujiwara Tatsuya To Star In Japanese Remake Of Haunters". Japanverse.
External links
- Hideo Nakata at the Internet Movie Database
- Hideo Nakata at AllMovie
- Nakata's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)