SHINJI AOYAMA

Shinji Aoyama
Shinji Aoyama
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: July 13, 1964
Deathday: March 25, 2022
Place of Birth: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Production

2025·
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
Screenplay
2020·
Living in the Sky
Director, Screenplay
2020·
Goldfish Princess
Director
2019·
Saijō no propose
Director
2016·
カラフルな細いパイプ
Director
2016·
Haruneko
Producer
2015·
Shokuzai no Sonata
Creator, Director
2015·
Give my regards to Yakima Canutt
Director
2015·
FuGAK 3／Farewell, My Dear Eien.
Director
2015·
Broken Hearts for Sale
Director
2014·
FUGAKU 2 / The SEAGULL The Shots
Director
2013·
FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House
Director
2013·
The War and a Woman
Music
2013·
Backwater
Director
2011·
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011·
Cut
Co-Writer
2011·
Tokyo Park
Writer, Director
2010·
DOWN
Director
2008·
Little Red Riding Hood
Editor, Director, Writer
2008·
R246 STORY
Screenplay
2007·
Sad Vacation
Screenplay, Novel, Director
2006·
Crickets
Director
2006·
AA
Director
2005·
Wish You Were Here
Director
2005·
The Lakeside Murder Case
Writer, Editor, Director
2005·
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Writer, Director
2004·
Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta
Director
2003·
海流から遠く離れて
Director
2003·
TRUNK
Director
2003·
The Detective Who Can Say No
Director
2003·
Days in the Shade
Director
2003·
Deka Matsuri
Director
2003·
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
Director
2003·
A Forest with No Name
Writer, Director
2003·
Like a Desperado Under the Eaves
Director, Writer
2002·
The Private Detective Mike
Writer, Director
2002·
Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano
Director
2001·
phew video
Director
2001·
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn
Director
2001·
Desert Moon
Screenplay, Director
2001·
Eureka
Original Music Composer, Editor, Writer, Director
2001·
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Writer, Director
2001·
Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age
Director
1999·
June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos
Director
1999·
Shady Grove
Screenplay, Director
1999·
Embalming
Editor, Director, Screenplay
1997·
An Obsession
Editor, Director, Writer
1997·
Wild Life
Screenplay, Director
1996·
Helpless
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director
1996·
A Weapon in My Heart
Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Editor, Director
1996·
Yûri
Assistant Director
1996·
Celebrate Cinema 101
Director
1996·
Two Punks
Director
1995·
Not in the Textbooks!
Screenplay, Director
1995·
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
Assistant Director
1995·
The Written Face
Assistant Director
1995·
BeRLiN
Assistant Director
1995·
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Assistant Director
1994·
The Dream of Garuda
Screenplay
1992·
The Guard from Underground
Assistant Director