Kenji Uchida (film director)

Kenji Uchida (内田けんじ, Uchida Kenji, born 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture^[1]) is a Japanese film director.

Kenji Uchida
Born	1972 (age 51–52) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Film director

He studied filmmaking at San Francisco State University. His independently produced film Weekend Blues won two awards at the 24th Pia Film Festival in 2001.^[1] His theatrical feature film debut, A Stranger of Mine (2005), won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival,^[1] and also earned him the Best Director award at the 30th Hochi Film Award.^[2]

Filmography

• Weekend Blues (2001)
• A Stranger of Mine (2005)
• After School (2008)
• Kagi Dorobō no Method (2012)
• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa : The Worst Day in History (2014)

References

1. "Eiga kantoku Uchida Kenji-san". Sōgō toshokan daimokuroku (in Japanese). 21 August 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links

• Kenji Uchida at IMDb
• Schilling, Mark (6 July 2005). "A prize-winning director quite happy to have a laugh". Japan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2011.