Hirokazu Koreeda was born on June 06, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan, Japan, is Director, Writer, Editor. Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film Mou hitotsu no kyouiku - Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku (1991). His first feature, Maboroshi no hikari (1995), based on a Teru Miyamoto novel and drawn from his own experiences while filming Kare no inai hachigatsu ga (1994), won jury prizes at Venice and Chicago. The main themes of his oeuvre include memory, loss, death and the intersection of documentary and fictive narratives.
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Biography/Timeline
1991
Before embarking on a career as a Director, Kore-eda worked as an assistant Director on documentaries for television. He later directed his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf, in 1991.
2009
In a 2009 interview, Kore-eda stated that Still Walking was based on his own family.
2013
In October 2013 it won the Rogers People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival. His 2015 film Our Little Sister was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
2016
His 2016 film After the Storm debuted to critical acclaim at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard category.
2018
Kore-eda is currently working the aptly titled Shoplifters, which is about a young girl that is welcomed in by a family of shoplifters. It is currently set for release in Japan in June 2018, to be distributed by Gaga Corporation.