| Hideo Nakata 中田 秀夫 |
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| Born | July 19, 1961 Okayama, Japan |
| Other name(s) | Nakada Hideo |
| Occupation | film director |
Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961, in Okayama, Japan) is a Japanese film director.
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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) in 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 a sequel to a remake 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 (1999). He has now completed a Japanese ghost story, Kaidan. He is currently working on Hearn, which is about the life of Lafcadio Hearn who wrote Kwaidan. Hideo Nakata is represented by United Talent Agency.
Filmography
- The Ring Three - Director 2009
- L (Death Note Spinoff) - Director 2007
- Kaidan - Director 2007
- Dark Water - 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
- Sleeping Bride (Garasu no nou) - Director 2000
- Sadistic and Masochistic (documentary) - Director, Himself 2000
- Ring 2 - Director, Writer 1999
- Chaos - Director 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) - Director
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