- Hideo Nakata
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name = Hideo Nakata
中田 秀夫
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birthdate =July 19 ,1961
location = flagicon|Japan Okayama,Japan
othername = Nakada Hideo
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occupation =film director
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awards =Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫 "Nakata Hideo", born
July 19 ,1961 , in Okayama,Japan ) is aJapan ese film director.Career
Nakata is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on J-Horror films such as "Ringu" (1998), "Ringu 2" (1999) and "Dark Water" (2002). "Ringu" was later remade in America as "The Ring" (2002) and "Dark Water" (2002) as "Dark Water" (2005).
Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with "True Believers", but later pulled out. He was later offered by
DreamWorks to direct the movie "The Ring Two " (2005), which he accepted, making his English-language debut with asequel to aremake of his own film.Nakata made his initial breakthrough into film with "
Ghost Actress " (1996). Although failing to attain any large-scale success, the film was responsible for leading to his directing of "Ringu".Other Nakata films include "
Sleeping Bride " (2000); "Curse, Death and Spirit"; and "Chaos" (2000). He has now completed a Japanese ghost story, "Kaidan". He is currently working on Hearn, which is about the life ofLafcadio Hearn who wrote "Kwaidan".Hideo Nakata is represented by
United Talent Agency .Filmography
*"The Ring Three" - Director 2009
*"" ("Death Note" spinoff) - Director 2007
*"Kaidan" - Director 2007
*"Dark Water (USA)" - Writer 2005
*"The Ring Two " - Director 2005
*"Last Scene" - Director, Producer 2002
*"Dark Water" - Director, Writer (screenplay) 2002
*"Chi wo suu uchuu" - Actor 2001
*"Sotohiro" - Director 2000
*"Chaos" - Director 2000
*"Sleeping Bride " ("Garasu no nou") - Director 2000
*"Sadistic and Masochistic" (documentary) - Director, Himself 2000
*"Ringu 2 " - Director, Writer 1999
*"Joseph Losey : The Man with Four Names" (documentary) - Director, Writer 1998
*"Ringu " - Director 1998
*"Tokyo biyori" - Actor 1997
*"Don't Look Up - Director, Writer" (story) 1996
*"Curse, Death & Spirit " (video) - Directoree also
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J-Horror External links
*imdb name|id=0620378|name=Hideo Nakata
* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0277730.htm Nakata's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)]
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