Takeshi Fukunaga
Born September 10, 1982 is a Japanese filmmaker and director. His first feature film, Out of My Hand (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won the US Fiction Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. He won the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival.
Takeshi Fukunaga
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Fukunaga Takeshi from "Ainu Puri" at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2024 · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 10 September 1982
- Birthplace
- Date, Hokkaido, Japan
- Occupation
- * Filmmaker
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- City University of New York
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born September 10, 1982 is a Japanese filmmaker and director. His first feature film, Out of My Hand (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won the US Fiction Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. He won the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival.
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Takeshi Fukunaga (born 1982) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. The film director was born in Date. Takeshi Fukunaga studied at City University of New York. Languages used include Japanese.
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The film was later released worldwide through Ava DuVernay’s distribution company, ARRAY. Takeshi was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2017, he was selected for The Residence by Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation to develop his second feature film. His second feature film, Ainu Mosir (2020) won Special Jury Mention in International Narrative Competition at Tribeca Film Festival, and Best Film in International Feature Competition at Gunajuato International Film Festival.
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• Native Name — 福永 壮志 • Born — 10 September 1982 • Birthplace — Date, Hokkaido, Japan • Occupation — * Filmmaker • director
Personal life
Personal life
On January 1, 2026, Fukunaga announced his marriage to actress Masami Nagasawa.
Television
Television
• Tokyo Vice (2024), Episode 5, 6 • Shōgun (2024), Episode 7 "Chapter Seven: A Stick of Time"
Film
• Out of My Hand (2015) • Ainu Mosir (2020) • Mountain Woman (2023) • Ainu Puri (Documentary)(2024)
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- 1.Programme 2015. www.berlinale.de.
- 2.Ristau, Reece. LA Film Festival Announces Winners. Variety. 2015-06-17.
- 3.SDAFF Award Winners Pacific Arts Movement. pacarts.org.
- 4.'Carol' Leads Independent Spirit Award Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter.
- 5.Japanese Actress Masami Nagasawa Marries Film Director Takeshi Fukunaga.
- 6.長澤まさみさんと映画監督の福永壮志さんが結婚「一歩一歩丁寧に…」：朝日新聞. 朝日新聞. 2026-01-01.
- 7.山女. eiga.com.
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