Nakata, Hideo 1961–

(Nakada Hideo)

PERSONAL

Born July 19, 1961, in Okayama, Japan. Education: Attended University of Tokyo.

Addresses:

Agent—Julien Thuan, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director, writer, producer, and actor. Nikkatsu Studios, worked as assistant director; affiliated with the Japanese television series True Horror Stories, 1992. According to some sources, name is sometimes cited as Nakado Hideo.

Awards, Honors:

Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival Award, best film, 1999, Fant-Asia Film Festival Award, best Asian film, 1999, Golden Raven, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 1999, and Audience Award, NatFilm Festival, 2001, all for Ringu; Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival Award nomination, best film, 1999, for Ringu 2; Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival Award nomination, best film, and special mention, both 2002, Silver Raven, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 2002, and Gerardmer Film Festival Awards, including Grand Prize, International Critics Award, and Youth Jury Grand Prize, 2003, all for Honogurai mizu no soko kara.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Honto ni atta kowai hanashi: Jushiryou (also known as Curse, Death & Spirit), 1992, Urban Vision Entertainment, 2006.

Joyu-rei (also known as Don't Look Up and Ghost Actress), Bitters End, 1996.

Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (documentary), Bitters End, 1998.

Ringu (also known as Ring), Toho, 1998.

Ringu 2 (also known as Ring 2), Toho/Asmik Ace Entertainment, 1999.

Kaosu (also known as Chaos and Hideo Nakata's "Chaos"), 1999, Tidepoint Pictures, 2003.

Sadistic and Masochistic (documentary), Japan Foundation, 2000.

Garasu no no (also known as Sleeping Bride), 2000.

Sotohiro, K.S.S., 2000.

Honogurai mizu no soko kara (also known as Dark Water and From the Depths of Dark Water), Metro Tartan Distributors, 2002.

(And producer) Last Scene, Digital Nega/Jago Entertainment/Oz Productions, 2002.

The Ring Two (also known as Samara and Samara: Ring 2), DreamWorks, 2005.

Kaidan, Shochiku/Xanadeux, 2007.

The Last 21 Days of L, Warner Bros., 2008.

Film Appearances:

Tokyo Biyori, Toho, 1997.

Himself, Sadistic and Masochistic (documentary), Japan Foundation, 2000.

Chi wo su uchu (also known as Gore from Outer Space), Nikkatsyu/Omega Pictures/Oz, 2001.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Kaiki Daisakusen—Second File, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

True Asian Horror, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Making of ‘The Ring Two,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names (documentary), Bitters End, 1998.

Ringu 2 (also known as Ring 2), Toho/Asmik Ace Entertainment, 1999.

(Uncredited) Honogurai mizu no soko kara (also known as Dark Water and From the Depths of Dark Water), Metro Tartan Distributors, 2002.

ADAPTATIONS

The 1996 film Joyu-rei was based on a story by Nakata. The 1997 television program Gakko no kaidan F was based on two stories by Nakara: "Hoken-shitsu" and "Rei Video." The film Dark Water, released by Buena Vista in 2005, was based on Nakata's 2002 film Honogurai mizu no soko kara.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Time, April 26, 2004, p. 84.