Takeshi Fukunaga

Takeshi Fukunaga

Born 1982

Biography

Originally from Hokkaido, Japan, Takeshi Fukunaga learned filmmaking in New York. His first feature film, Out of My Hand, premiered in the Panorama section at Berlinale 2015, won the U.S. fiction award at LA Film Festival and the Emerging Filmmaker Award at San Diego Asian American Film Festival. The film was later released through Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. His second feature, Ainu Mosir, won a Special Jury Mention in the International Narrative Competition at Tribeca Film Festival.

El Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato

Director

Movies
2022

Mountain Woman

2020

Ainumoshiri

2015

Out of My Hand

Series
2024

Shōgun

 

A Stick of Time (E07)

 

Tokyo Vice

 

I Choose You (S02E06)

 

Illness of the Trade (S02E05)

Short
2011

hItec!

2009

K

2007

The Hole in the Sky

Screenwriter

Movies
2022

Mountain Woman

2020

Ainumoshiri

2015

Out of My Hand

Short
2009

K

2007

The Hole in the Sky

Editor

Movies
2015

Out of My Hand

Actor

Short
2007

The Hole in the Sky