Yuki Tanada

Yuki Tanada (タナダユキ, Tanada Yuki, born 12 August 1975, in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Tanada is known for her grounded comedies that follows the lives of the common person's experience. She has a comedic gift that can be seen throughout all her films.

Yuki Tanada
Born (1975-08-12) 12 August 1975
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter

Career

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Tanada pursued theater in high school before entering the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image to study filmmaking.[1][2][3][4] Her independently produced film Moru won the grand prize at the 2001 Pia Film Festival.[2] Her next work, Takada Wataru: A Japanese Original, a documentary on a Japanese folk singer, was featured at the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival.[5] She won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for her 2008 film One Million Yen Girl.[1] She has written the scripts for many of her films as well as contributed the script to Mika Ninagawa's Sakuran.[2] She has also directed for television.[1]

Awards

Golden Rooster

Best International Director (2014) - Shijûkunichi no reshipi (2013)

Udine Far East Film Festival

Audience Award (2009) - Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna (2008)

Selected filmography


Television

  • Camouflage (2008)
  • Tôkyô Joshi Zukan (2016-2017) Various episodes
  • Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2018)
  • Tokyo Bachelors (2019)


Bibliography

“Crossing Paths with Yuki Tanada in Frankfurt.”

Wow, http://jfilmpowwow.blogspot.com/2009/04/crossing-paths-with-director-yuki.html.[6]

Yin, Wai Lu, et al. “Yuki Tanada Interview: ‘I Think There Is a Huge Struggle for Filmmakers Right Now.’” Easternkicks.com, 26 July 2016, https://www.easternkicks.com/features/yuki-tanada-interview-2. [7]

Yuki Tanada - IMDb[8]

References
  1. 2008年度 日本映画監督協会新人賞～タナダユキ監督インタビュー (in Japanese). Director's Guild of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. 映画監督タナダユキ. Shigotonin (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. "Tanada Yuki". Tokyo Source (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. Sharp, Jasper. "Yuki Tanada Interview". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. "TIFF History: 16th Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. Magee, Chris (24 April 2009). "Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow: Crossing paths with Yuki Tanada in Frankfurt". Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. Yin, Wai Lu (10 August 2016). "Yuki Tanada Interview: "I think there is a huge struggle for filmmakers right now" | easternkicks.com". www.easternkicks.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. "Yuki Tanada". IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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