Hirokazu Koreeda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu, born June 6, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.
Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).
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Date of birth:
- 1962 (age 47 years)
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Also known as:
- Hirokazu Kore-eda,
- Kore-Eda Hirokazu,
- 是枝裕和
