Shinji Aoyama

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-07-13 (58 years old)

Deathday

2022-03-25

Place of Birth

Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Shinji Aoyama

Biography

Shinji Aoyama (July 13, 1964 - March 25, 2022) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.

Production

2000

Eureka

as Director

2000

Eureka

as Writer

2020

1996

Helpless

as Director

2003

2015

2007

Sad Vacation

as Director

2016

Haruneko

as Producer

1997

Wild Life

as Director

2001

Desert Moon

as Director

2006

AA

as Director

1996

Two Punks

as Director

1997

An Obsession

as Writer

1997

An Obsession

as Director

2011

Tokyo Park

as Writer

2011

Tokyo Park

as Director

2013

Backwater

as Director

1999

Shady Grove

as Director

1997

Wild Life

as Screenplay

1992

The Guard from Underground

as Assistant Director

1999

Embalming

as Director

1999

Embalming

as Screenplay

2006

Crickets

as Director

2008

R246 STORY

as Screenplay

1996

1996

Yûri

as Assistant Director

1994

The Dream of Garuda

as Screenplay

1999

Embalming

as Editor

2007

Sad Vacation

as Novel

2007

Sad Vacation

as Screenplay

2016

1996

2003

Deka Matsuri

as Director

1996

1996

A Weapon in My Heart

as Original Music Composer

2011

Cut

as Co-Writer

1995

BeRLiN

as Assistant Director

2000

Eureka

as Editor

2000

Eureka

as Original Music Composer

1999

Shady Grove

as Screenplay

1995

The Written Face

as Assistant Director

1996

Helpless

as Screenplay

1996

Helpless

as Original Music Composer

2001

Desert Moon

as Screenplay

2020

2020

Living in the Sky

as Screenplay

1997

An Obsession

as Editor

2004

Ajimaa no Uta

as Director

1995

1995

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