Iimura Takahiko
Takahiko Iimura is a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and fine artist. He is considered one of the pioneers of experimental and independent filmmaking in Japan. Iimura was born in Tokyo and is a graduate of Keio University. His film Onan won the Special Prize at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival in 1964. He published a seminal work on experimental filmmaking in 1970, Geijutsu to higeijutsu no aida, and a biography of Yoko Ono, Ono Yōko hito to sakuhin, in 1985. Iimura made much of his film in New York City, but became a professor at the Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1992.Filmography
1960s
- *"Film Poems,"
- *"Iro",
- *Onan
- *"Taka and Ako,"
- *"White Calligraphy,"
- *"Filmmakers,"
1970s
- *"Kiri",
- *"Film Strips I,"
- *"The Pacific Ocean"
- *"Self Identity"
- *"Double Portrait"
- *"I Love You"
- *"Double Identity"
1980s
- *"I Am A Viewer, You Are A Viewer"
- *"This Is A Camera Which Shoots This"
- *"Air’s Rock" and A Rock in the Light )
- *New York Hotsprings
- *"TV Confrontation"
- *New York Day and Night
1990s
- *"As I See You You See Me"
- *PERFORMANCE/MYSELF
