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Shinji Aoyama

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
8

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 13, 1964 (62 years old)

Place of Birth
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

Shinji Aoyama

Biography

Shinji Aoyama (July 13, 1964 - March 25, 2022) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.

Known For

Directing

2026A Weapon in My Heart...Director
2020Living in the Sky...Director
2020Goldfish Princess...Director
2019Saijō no propose...Director
2016カラフルな細いパイプ...Director
2015Give my regards to Yakima Canutt...Director
2015FuGAK 3／Farewell, My Dear Eien....Director
2015Broken Hearts for Sale...Director
2015Shokuzai no Sonata...Director
2014FUGAKU 2 / The SEAGULL The Shots...Director
2013Backwater...Director
2013FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House...Director
201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero...Director
2011Tokyo Park...Director
2010DOWN...Director
2008Little Red Riding Hood...Director
2007Sad Vacation...Director
2006AA...Director
2006Crickets...Director
2005Wish You Were Here...Director
2005My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?...Director
2005The Lakeside Murder Case...Director
2004Song of Ajima / Ajimaa no Uta...Director
2003TRUNK...Director
2003Days in the Shade...Director
2003海流から遠く離れて...Director
2003Like a Desperado Under the Eaves...Director
2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name...Director
2003The Detective Who Can Say No...Director
2003Deka Matsuri...Director
2003Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project...Director
2002Dreaming Bashō: Toshinori Kondo Blows through Kumano...Director
2002The Private Detective Mike...Director
2001phew video...Director
2001To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out...Director
2001Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Jesus in the Barn...Director
2001Desert Moon...Director
2001Eureka...Director
2001Not To Talk About All Of Her Old Age...Director
1999Embalming...Director
1999Shady Grove...Director
1999June 12, 1998: At the Edge of Chaos...Director
1997An Obsession...Director
1997Wild Life...Director
1996Two Punks...Director
1996Helpless...Director
1996Yûri...Assistant Director
1996Celebrate Cinema 101...Director
1995BeRLiN...Assistant Director
1995Not in the Textbooks!...Director
1995The Written Face...Assistant Director
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape...Assistant Director
1995Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist...Assistant Director
1992The Guard from Underground...Assistant Director

Writing

2026A Weapon in My Heart...Screenplay
2025BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues...Screenplay
2020Living in the Sky...Screenplay
2011Cut...Co-Writer
2011Tokyo Park...Writer
2008R246 STORY...Screenplay
2008Little Red Riding Hood...Writer
2007Sad Vacation...Novel
2007Sad Vacation...Screenplay
2005My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?...Writer
2005The Lakeside Murder Case...Writer
2003Like a Desperado Under the Eaves...Writer
2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name...Writer
2002The Private Detective Mike...Writer
2001To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out...Writer
2001Desert Moon...Screenplay
2001Eureka...Writer
1999Embalming...Screenplay
1999Shady Grove...Screenplay
1997An Obsession...Writer
1997Wild Life...Screenplay
1996Helpless...Screenplay
1995Not in the Textbooks!...Screenplay
1994The Dream of Garuda...Screenplay

Editing

2026A Weapon in My Heart...Editor
2008Little Red Riding Hood...Editor
2005The Lakeside Murder Case...Editor
2001Eureka...Editor
1999Embalming...Editor
1997An Obsession...Editor

Sound

2026A Weapon in My Heart...Original Music Composer
2013The War and a Woman...Music
2001Eureka...Original Music Composer
1996Helpless...Original Music Composer

Production

2016Haruneko...Producer

Creator

2015Shokuzai no Sonata...Creator

Acting

2015Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vagueas
2011Three☆Pointsas
2008Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?as Self
2003The Detective Who Can Say Noas
2001Tampenas Man
2001Chloeas Kitano
1999Barren Illusionas Fascist
1999License to Liveas man in pub