Director

Hiroyuki Sekine

Directing

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Directed movies: 28Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 3425599

IMDb ID: nm4649600

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2002

Years active: 25

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Director (27)Director of Photography (1)Camera Operator (1)

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Biography

Born in 1957 in Tokyo, graduated from the Film Department of Tama Art Academy in 1981. Studied the possibilities of producing and screening individual films with Akira Hoshino and others at the school. His first film was Etude (1978), which was selected for the Pia Film Festival in 1982, and from around 1987 he began finding abandoned buildings in Tokyo and turning them into films. His works include Tokyo Sanpo vol. 1 (1987), The Ruins of Igi (1989), Sanno Hotel (1990), Shibuya Hermit (1991), U-O (1992) and The Ruins of Roppongi (1992). Collaboration - Eclipse - L'eclipse vol.1 (1997), with art by Kazuyuki Uno, poetry by Taishi Hirose and video by Hiroyuki Sekine. All works are in 8 mm.

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