is a Japanese film director

Film director

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, scriptwriter

Screenwriter

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, video art

Video art

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ist and actor

Actor

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. Born in Japan and partly raised in the United States, Ogata has worked in Holland, Germany, Japan, and in the USA. He is a graduate of Harvard College

Harvard College

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 and the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (C.A.V.S.) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. Ogata has received funding from ZDF German national public television

ZDF

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 and the Dutch National Film Fund for his screenplays.

, Ogata’s latest short film, which he wrote, directed, and produced, was the only Japanese film to be selected for the New Directors/New Films Festival 2007 in New York at the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

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 and the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Film Society of Lincoln Center

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. It won the Best Short Film Award at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival

2007 Bangkok International Film Festival

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 in Thailand, the Seahorse Award Best Short Film at the Moondance International Film Festival

Moondance International Film Festival

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 2007, and the Indie Soul Best Story Line Award at the Boston International Film Festival

Boston International Film Festival

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 2008. , his feature-film directorial debut, was released on October 23, 2010 in Japan.

External links

• Wakiyaku Monogatari official website