Tomoyuki Furumaya (古厩 智之, Furumaya Tomoyuki) (born 14 November 1968) is a Japanese film director.
Tomoyuki Furumaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 November 1968 |
| Occupation | Film director |
Career
editBorn in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no dojjibōru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival.[1][2] That earned him a Pia Scholarship to make his first theatrical feature, This Window Is Yours, a film that won the first Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival and helped him get the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1994.[3] His film Bad Company won a Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival.[4][5] Sayonara Midori-chan also was the runner-up in the competition at the 2005 Three Continents Festival.[6] He has also worked on such television programs as Mori no Asagao.
Furumaya is married to the actress Miako Tadano.
Selected filmography
editFilms
edit- Shakunetsu no dojjibōru (灼熱のドッジボール) (1992)
- This Window Is Yours (この窓は君のもの, Kono mado wa kimi no mono) (1994)
- Bad Company (まぶだち, Mabudachi) (2001)
- Sayonara Midori-chan (さよならみどりちゃん) (2005)
- The Homeless Student (ホームレス中学生) (2008)
- Killing Curriculum: Jinroh Shokei Game - Prologue (2015)
- Kotera-san Climbs! (2020)
- Play! (2024)[7]
Television series
edit- Candy Color Paradox (2023)
- Happy of the End (2024)
References
edit- ^ "Kono mado wa kimi no mono" (in Japanese). Pia Film Festival. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Furumaya Tomoyuki tandoku intabyū". Cinema Factory (in Japanese). 15 February 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Tiger Awards Competitie" (in Dutch). International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Award" (in Dutch). International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "27ème Festival des 3 Continents" (in French). Festival des 3 Continents. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "PLAY! 勝つとか負けるとかは、どーでもよくて". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.