Toyomichi Kurita | |||||
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栗田 豊道 | |||||
| Born | Toyomichi Kurita 1950 (age 70–71) Mito, Ibaraki, Japan | ||||
| Alma mater | AFI Conservatory | ||||
| Occupation | Cinematographer | ||||
| Years active | 1974–present | ||||
| Awards | Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography 1986 Trouble in Mind | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 栗田 豊道 | ||||
| Hiragana | くりた とよみち | ||||
| Katakana | クリタ トヨミチ | ||||
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Toyomichi Kurita (栗田 豊道 Kurita Toyomichi; born 1950) is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked in both Japan and the United States.[1][2][3][4]
Kurita won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Trouble in Mind (1985) with two additional nominations for The Moderns (1988) and Powwow Highway (1989), and was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for his work on Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo. He has collaborated with directors like Oshima, Alan Rudolph, Paul Schrader, Tyler Perry, Robert Altman and Takashi Miike. He is an alumnus of the American Film Institute Conservatory.
Biography
Kurita graduated from the AFI Conservatory's cinematography program with a Master of Fine Arts in 1981.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the Sun | Kazuhiko Hasegawa | 2nd unit photography Photographed by Tatsuo Suzuki |
| 1984 | Night Patrol | Jackie Kong | Additional photography Photographed by Hanania Baer & Jurg V. Walther |
| Big Wave | Walt Mulconery | Documentary film | |
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | 2nd unit photography Photographed by John Bailey |
| Hard Rock Zombies | Krishna Shah | 2nd unit photography Photographed by Tom Richmond | |
| Trouble in Mind | Alan Rudolph | Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | |
| 1988 | The Moderns | Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | |
| 1989 | Blood Red | Peter Masterson | |
| Powwow Highway | Jonathan Wacks | Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | |
| Shadow of China | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | ||
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Bill Duke | |
| Grand Isle | Mary Lambert | ||
| Convicts | Peter Masterson | ||
| 1993 | Moving | Shinji Sōmai | |
| 1994 | Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Frank Pierson | |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Forest Whitaker | |
| 1996 | Homecoming | Mark Jean | |
| Infinity | Matthew Broderick | ||
| Crime of the Century | Mark Rydell | ||
| 1997 | Afterglow | Alan Rudolph | |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Robert Altman | |
| Taboo | Nagisa Oshima | Nominated- Japanese Academy Award for Best Cinematography | |
| 2004 | First Daughter | Forest Whitaker | |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | Tyler Perry | |
| Imprint | Takashi Miike | ||
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls | Tyler Perry | |
| Sukiyaki Western Django | Takashi Miike | Sitges Maria Award for Best Cinematography | |
| Why Did I Get Married? | Tyler Perry | ||
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | ||
| 2009 | Toad's Oil | Kōji Yakusho | |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Tyler Perry | |
| 2011 | Madea's Big Happy Family | ||
| 2013 | The Brain Man | Tomoyuki Takimoto |
References
- ^ "Toyomichi Kurita Filmography and Movies". Fandango. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Toyomichi Kurita". Cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ Toyomichi Kurita at IMDb
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (November 17, 2000). "Movie Review; The Allure of a Geisha, the Sword of a Samurai; 'Taboo' is the complex tale of an attractive, competent recruit amid a macho militia in Kyoto". L. A.Times. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
External links
- Toyomichi Kurita at IMDb