Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker and writer famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs – a basset hound named Gabriel (ガブリエル) and a mutt named Daniel. Oshii has stated his approach to directing is in direct contrast to what he perceives to be the Hollywood formula, i.e. he regards the visuals as the most important a... more

Date of birth:

  • Aug 8, 1951 (age 58 years)

Country of nationality:

top ↑

Fictional Character Creator

top ↑ top ↑

Person

Place of birth:

Gender:

Employment history:

Places lived:

top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Hayao Miyazaki

    Hayao Miyazaki

    Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan) is a prominent Japanese filmmaker of many popular animated feature films. He is also a co-founder of Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. He remained largely unknown to the West, until Miramax released...
  • Woody Allen

    Woody Allen

    Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him one of the most respected living American...
  • Komizu Kazuo

    Kazuo Komizu (小水 一男, Komizu Kazuo, born December 14, 1946) is a respected Japanese film director from Miyagi Prefecture, mainly focusing on violent sex & gore films. He has a small following outside of Japan thanks to a couple of notorious films-Entrails of a Beauty and Entrails of a Virgin. This...
  • Masayuki Suo

    Masayuki Suo (周防正行, Suo Masayuki, born October 29, 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?. According to Suo: In 1982, along with filmmakers Yoshiho Fukuoka, Itsumichi...
  • Tsuruta Norio

    Tsuruta Norio (鶴田法男) is a Japanese film director. He directed Borei Gakkyu (A Haunted School) (1996), Ring 0: Birthday (2000), Kakashi (Scarecrow) (2001) and Yogen (Premonition) (2004). He also directed Dream Cruise for the Masters of Horror Showtime cable network series. It is based on the short...
  • Norifumi Suzuki

    Norifumi Suzuki (鈴木則文, Suzuki Norifumi) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He works for Toei Company (東映株式会社). He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University (立命館大学). His works usually deal with yakuza, delinquent schoolgirls, and roman porno. At the 1985 Yokohama Film Festival, he was awarded...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Mamoru Oshii was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution