 Koji Yamamura born in 1964. During the 1990s, He refined his style, spending much of his time making films for children. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short, "Mt. Head" marked a turning point, he to a place among the world’ s top animation filmmakers by "The Old Crocodile" (2005), "Franz Kafka’ s A Country Doctor" (2007) and "Muybridge’s Strings"(2011). Those films got awarded more than 90 prizes include the grand prizes of 4th big animation festival, Annecy, Zagreb, Ottawa and Hiroshima. He worked for international jury a lot and held on many retrospective screenings around the world. He is membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professor of Tokyo University of the Arts. More detailed profile： Koji Yamamura was born in Japan on June 4, 1964. He has made first animated film at 13 years old. Between 1983 and 1987, he studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University. While a student, he has worked in art assistance and special effects modeling for Majors movies. Same time he was influenced from short animated films in Canada, Russia, and Europe. Especially from Ishu Patel, Yury Norshtein and Priit P ärn. After graduation, he started his career as an animation background artist at Mukuo Studio. In 1989, he left the studio to work freelance. In 1993, he founded Yamamura Animation, Inc. with his wife Sanae. In 2002, He signed a contract with Acme Filmworks as an animation director. Yamamura has created many short animation films using a variety of techniques. "Mt. Head" (2002) was nominated for an Oscar® in 2003, and awarded the 6 Grand Prix include Annecy 03, Zagreb 04 and Hiroshima 04. Also "Mt. Head" was selected as one of the 100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION and the 50 Best Animated Films for 50 Years of ASIFA. "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" (2007) was awarded the Grand Prix at Ottawa in 07 and Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART. He is only one grand prix winner in 5 major international animation festivals in the world. "Muybridge's Strings" (2011) is first co-production animation with National Film board of Canada as Asian filmmaker. He has jury, lecture and held workshops at numbers of international film festivals for popularizing and advancement of art animation. He is also an illustrator and several picture books are published. His big exhibition "Yamamura Animation Museum" have held at Aichi Expo 05 in Japan and some other exhibitions have held at gallery and public museum in Japan. His films have been shown in over 30 countries, and awarded various honorable prizes. Retrospective screenings of his works have been held in over 20 countries at Melbourne International Film Festival, National Film Theater in UK and so on. His films' DVD are published in Japan, USA, Canada, France and Korea. He has been visiting professor of Tokyo Zokei University since 2004, a professor of Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, department of Animation since 2008. He is membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a sub-chairman of the Japan Animation Association (JAA) and a member of the board of directors of the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). He won Distinguished Artist Award of 2006 in USA, ALBÍN BRUNOVSKÝ HONORARY MEDAL in Slovakia, Kawakita Prize in Japan, Prize of the Cultural Department of the City of Wiesbaden – Wiesbaden in Germany, Special prize for the contribution of the art of animation in Serbia, Pulcinella Special Award in Italy and Education Award for Fine Arts in Japan. >Profile site at Tokyo University of the Arts |
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| Achievement – 9 Awards |
| 24th Blue Bird Prize, Nagoya, Japan 1980 Kuwazawa Design School Award – Tokyo, Japan 2004 Distinguished Artist Award of 2006, Asian Animation Film Festival Columbia College Chicago – Chicago, USA 2006 ALBÍN BRUNOVSKÝ HONORARY MEDAL – Bratislava, Slovakia 2008 30th Kawakita Prize – Tokyo, Japan 2012 Prize of the Cultural Department of the City of Wiesbaden – Wiesbaden, Germany 2014 Special prize for the contribution of the art of animation, animanima International Animation Festival 2016 – Cacak, Serbia 2016 Pulcinella Special Award - 21st Festival Cartoons on the Bay, Italy, Torino, 2017 Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, Japan 2018 |
| Awards for Films – 94 Awards |
| Aquatic, 1987 – 1 Award Specialized Award ( 1 ) Hi-vision Award '92, Prize by the president of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication – Tokyo, Japan 1992 Japanese-English Pictionary, 1989 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Image Forum Festival '90 in Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan 1990 The Elevator, 1991 – 1 Award Special Prize ( 1 ) 4th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, The 1st Prize of Category C – Hiroshima, Japan 1992 Imagination, 1992 – 3 Awards Best Director ( 1 ) Animation Film Chicago International Children's Film Festival – Chicago, USA 1994 Specialized Award ( 1 ) Zlin Film Festival, The Prize of ANIFILM Praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film – Zlin, Czech, 1994 Best Animated Short Film ( 1 ) 5th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, the Second Prize of Category C – Hiroshima, Japan 1994 Kipling Jr., 1995 – 1 Award Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Honorable Mention Short Animation Film by Festival's Adult July – Chicago, USA 1995 Bavel's Book, 1996 – 2 Awards Jury Prize ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival – Chicago, USA 1997 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 1st Seoul Animation Expo, Prize for Outstanding film Animation for T.V. Category – Seoul, Korea 1997 Your Choice!, 1999 – 5 Awards Jury Prize ( 2 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, The first prize chosen by the adult juries – Chicago, USA 1999 4th Seoul International Family Film Festival – Seoul, Korea 1999 Specialized Awards ( 3 ) Ottawa International Animation Festival, The Category Prize was awarded to Film for children – Ottawa, Canada 2000 International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Children's animation film SPECIAL PRIZE – Stuttgart, Germany 1999 1st Laputa Animation Festival, Encourage PRIZE – Tokyo, Japan 2000 VIBE-ID, 1999 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Mikhail Aldashin prize – Utrecht, Holland 1999 TV CM Takarajima-sha “Kuromaru”, 1999 – 1 Award 2nd Prize ( 1 ) Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Silver –1999 JUBILEE, 1999 – 2 Awards Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Marc Glassman Prize – Utrecht, Holland 1999 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 4th Music Video Awards '99, BEST MALE VIDEO – Tokyo, Japan 1999 Space Shower TV Station ID WE LOVE MUSIC, 2001– 1 Award 2nd Prize ( 2 ) PROMAX&BDA, Silver – NY, USA 1999 Mt. Head, 2002 – 27 Awards Academy Nominations ( 1 ) 75th Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film – Beverly Hills, CA, USA 2003 Grand Prix ( 6 ) 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Crystal Award – Annecy, France 2003 16th International Animation Film Festival Animafest – Zagreb, Croatia 2003 10th Hiroshima International Animation Festival – Hiroshima, Japan 2004 15th Filmfest Dresden – Dresden, Germany 2003 MadiaWave – Győr, Hungary 2003 Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg – Wissembourg, France 2003 Best Short Film ( 3 ) Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona – Badalona, Spain 2003 2nd International festival of animated films AniFest – Trebon, Czech 2003 Kinofilm 8th Manchester International Short Film festival – Manchester, UK 2004 Excellent Prize ( 2 ) 6th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival – Tokyo, Japan 2002 19th Interfilm short film festival Belrin – Berlin, Germany 2004 2nd Prize ( 4 ) Ars Electronica Festival – Linz, Austria 2003 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – Leipzig, Germany 2004 Festival Internazionale Cinema d'Animazione e Fumetto –Italy 2004 45th Krakow International Film Festival – Krakow, Poland 2005 Special Jury Prize ( 3 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL – Chavari, Italy 2005 International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius – Vilnius, Lietuvos Respublika 2004 8th I CASTELLI ANIMATI – Italy 2004 Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures from each member of the jury (from Konstantin Bronzit)– Utrecht, Holland 2004 Audience Prize ( 1 ) 9th CINEMA TOUT ECRAN Festival – Genève, Switzerland 2004 Best Soundtrack ( 1 ) CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – Clermont-ferrand, France 2004 Special Mention ( 1 ) 12nd Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany 2004 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) Cultural Films: 77th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten 2004, 10 Place – Japan 2004 Best Historic Selection ( 4 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL – Chavari, Italy 2005 World and Japanese Animation Best 150, 90 Place – Japan 2003 100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION, 70 place – Annecy, France 2007 Animation category that specialists selected: 100 selections in Japanese Media Art (Agency for Cultural Affairs), 8 Place – Japan 2006 The Old Crocodile, 2005 – 7 Awards Grand Prix (２) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Grand Prix – Hida, Japan 2005 3rd International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius Vilnius –Tindirindis – Vilnius, Lietuvos Respublika 2005 Best Short Film ( 4 ) 9th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival – Tokyo, Japan 2005 12th Hiroshima International Animation Festival – Hiroshima, Japan 2006 Specialized Award ( 2 ) 29th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, The Best Film in Category B – Espinho, Portugal 2005 Festival BIMINI, Diploma for its sharp observations of life - Latvia 2005 Best Script ( 1 ) Wissembourg Animated Film Festival (RICA) – Wissembourg, France 2005 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor, 2007 – 14 Awards Grand Prix ( 8 ) 22nd Ottawa International Animation Festival – Ottawa, Canada 2007 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival – Hiroshima, Japan 2008 MONSTORA Lisbon Animated Film Festival – Lisbon, Portugal 2008 Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART – Stuttgart, Germany 2008 I Castelli Animati – Genzano, Italy 2008 International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Golden Jabberwocky – Krakow, Poland 2008 KROK International Animation Festival – Russia 2008 Mainichi Film Contest, Ofuji Noburo – Tokyo, Japan 2007 Best Short Film ( 2 ) ANIMADRID – Madrid, Spain 2008 AniFest – Trebon, Czech 2008 Exsellence Prize ( 1 ) 11th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival – Tokyo, Japan 2008 2nd Prize ( 2 ) International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Silver Dove – leipzig, Germany 2008 animanima International Animation Festival in Servia, Silver Peg Bar – Cacak, Servia 2008 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) 81th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten, Bunka films 7 Place – Tokyo, Japan 2008 A Child’s Metaphysics, 2007 – 3 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 12nd Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival – Tokyo, Japan 2008 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables – Hida, Japan 2008 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Prémio ONDA CURTA – Lisbon, Portugal 2009 Muybridge's Strings, 2011 – 11 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Firebird Award – Hong Kong, China 2012 Excellent Prize (1) 15th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival – Tokyo, Japan 2011 2nd Prize ( 1 ) 53rd International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, SILVER MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION – Spain 2011 Special Jury Prize ( 2 ) 35th CINANIMA Interantional Animated Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury (Grande Prémio do Júri) – Espinho, Portugal 2011 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Animated Dreams, Jury’s Special Mentioning II – Tallin, Estonia 2011 Special Prize ( 1 ) 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival – Hiroshima, Japan 2012 Specialized Awards ( 4 ) 18th International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima", The Great (Under) estimated Award – Krakow, Poland 2011 15th Toronto Reel Asian International film festival, NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award – Toronto, Canada 2011 35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Prize RTP2: Onda Curta – Espinho, Portugal 2011 Special Mention ( 1 ) 54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Honorary Mention – Leipzig, Germany 2011 "Parade" de Satie, 2016 – 13 Awards Grand Prix (1) Golden Brick: 6th Animax Skopje Fest, Skopje, Macedonia, December 2016 Best Short Film ( 7 ) Golden Pencil Award: 7th DRAWTASTIC's 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival Seattle, WA, USA, February 2017 Best of Festival - Animated Short: 6th Richmond International Film Festival , Richmond, VA, USA, March, 2017 1st Vienna Independent Film Festival VIFF 2016, Best Animated Film – Vienna, Austria July 2016 12th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2016, Best Animation – Budapest, Hungary September 2016 Best Animated Film: 2nd Edition of the Less 15 minutes International MiniMovie Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 2017 1st NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL, Animation Winner – Afula, Israel May 2016 3rd Locomocion Experimental Animation Festival: Crónica - Proesional trigger (Best of Professional chronicle category), Mexico, Mexico city, October 2016 2nd Place ( 1 ) Best Animated Short 2nd Place; 1st North Bay Art & Film Festival (NBAFF), Benicia, CA, USA, October 2016 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) 18th Animated Dreams 2016, Tallinn, Estonia, November 2016 Special Prize ( 1 ) 16th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL HIROSHIMA 2016, Special Prize – Hiroshima, Japan, August 2016 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) 1st NON STOP ART FESTIVAL/BA2016(International Film and Art Festival), , Best Editing Animation, Caba, Argentina, September 2016 Special Mention ( 1 ) 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Jury Special Mention by Theodore Ushev – Cyprus, July 2016 Notes on Monstropedia 2016 – 2 Awards Special Mention ( 2 ) 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, November 2017, Honourable Mention 3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Athens, Greece, November 2017, Distinction |
| Awards for Picture Book – 3 Awards |
| Viva Vegetables(Oyaoya Oyasai), 2010 – 1 Award MOE Children's Picture Book Store Award, 4th place, Tokyo, Japan 2010 Chiisana Okina Ki (Tiny, Giant Tree), 2015 – 1 Award 65th Shogakukan Award for Children's Literature, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Kujira-san noh Tahmenara Enyakohra, 2015 – 1 Award 22rd Nippon Ehon Prize, Tokyo, Japan 2017 |
| Awards for CM – 5 Awards |
| TV CM “Yona Yona Ale”, 1997 – 1 Award Special Prize: ACC Special prize for local CM – Tokyo, Japan 1999 Man & Whale, 2007 – 3 Awards 2nd Prize: Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Silver New Director (Short Film) – Pattaya, Thailand 2009 Specialized Awards: EARTH VISION - The Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, EARTH VISION Prize for Children's Film – Tokyo, Japan 2008 Special Jury Prize, 5th China International Animation & Digital Arts Festival – China 2008 JR East Japan Railway Company Goup, 2017 – 1 Award Silver prize: 57th Bussiness CM Awards, Japan 2018 |
| School Awards (Education) – 3 Awards |
| 23th Zagreb World Animation Festival, Best Animation School: Tokyo University of the Arts – Zagreb, Croatia 2010 To an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted The Tokyo school was a real surprise, in my view we are looking at a future animation celebrity. Koji Yamamura’s influence is obvious, however, I believe they successfully managed to find an expression of their own. The Student Competition selection committee thus decided to grant the Award to an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted for pre-selection to the Tokyo University of Arts. 25th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2010, The Best Animation School Showreel: Tokyo University of the Arts– Ottawa, Canada 2010 29th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2014, Honorable Mention: Tokyo University of the Arts– Ottawa, Canada 2007 |
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| Selected List of Publications: DVDs and Blu-ray |
| New Animation Animation "Koji Yamamura Film Works" (Geneon Entertainment, 2003) DVD "Les Maitres de L'animation Japanaise KOJI YAMAMURA ses meilleurs courts-merages" (AK Video, France, 2004) DVD "Toshiwo totta wani & Koji Yamamura Select Animations" (Geneon Entertainment, 2006) DVD "Atama Yama Koji Yamamura Animation Works" (Geneon Entertainment, 2006) DVD "Unknown Animations Vol.1" (Creative Core, 2006) DVD "Unknown Animations Vol.2" (Creative Core, 2006) DVD "Ein Landzart" (Shochiku, 2008) DVD The Animation Show of Shows Volume 18 "Mt. Head" (AWN, USA, 2009) DVD "Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor & Other Fantastic Films" A collection of short films by Koji Yamamura(ZeitgeistVideo, USA, 2010) DVD "Animation Express 2"(NFB, Canada, 2011)DVD & BD "Muybridge's Strings" (Kinokuniya shoten, 2012) BD |
| Selected List of Publications: Books |
| Yamamura Animation Zukan" (Engeki Book Sya, 2003) Iwanami Junior Shinsho "Animation no sekai he youkoso" (Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 2006) "The Old Crocodile" (Petit Grand Publishing, 2006) "FRANZ KAFKA EIN LANDZART" (Petit Grand Publishing, 2007) "Yamamura monthly Report" (Yamamura Animation, 2009) "Muybrodge's Strings I" Flip book ( parco publishing, 2011) "Muybrodge's Strings II" Flip book ( parco publishing, 2011) |
| Selected List of Publications: Picture Books |
| "Spring of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 2005) "Summer of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 2005) "Autumn of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 2005) "Winter of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, 2005) "Fruits Friends' Fresh Talk (Kudamono Damono)" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, 2006) "AIUEO to aiueo ga AIUEO" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Shogakukan, 2007) "Viva Vegetables (Oyaoya Oyasai)" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, 2010) "Athletes of Sweets(Okashin Okashi)" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, 2010.07.01) "Kuru Kuru Kuruyo Osushi ga Kuruyo" (Text: ryo Kawakita, Bronze Publishing, 2011) "What's That Cloud? (Ano kumo Naani?)" (Text: Yoko Tomiyasu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, 2011) "Yudetamago Hime" (Text: Sumiko Kanda, Kyouikugageki, 2011) "Athletes of Sweets"(Okashin Okashi) (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, 2012) "n" (Text: Hiroshi Nagata, Kodansha, 2013) "Rain Won't (Amenimo Makezu)" (Text: Kenji Miyazawa English Translation: Arthur Binard, Ima-Jin sha, 2013) "Nagaidesyo Rippadesyo" (Text: Satoshin,PHP Interface, 2014) "Usodaa!"(Really?) (Text: Satoshin,Bunkeido, 2014) "Yudetamago Hime to Meet Doro Ball"(Boiled egg Princess and Meatballs Thieves) (Text: Sumiko Kanda, Kyouikugageki, 2014) "Nekotokonekone" Text: Kirin hayashi, Illustration and Constitution: Koji Yamamura, BL Publisher, 2014) "Bokuga Sukinakoto" (Text: Hirotaka Nakagawai, Happy Owl Sha, 2014) |
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| Selected List of Educational Activities |
| Directors and works research of animation 1997 Animation Workshop, Seoul International Family Film Festival 1998 Your Choice! Workshop National Children's Castle 2000 Lecture, Tama Art University department of Graphic Design 2000 Lecture, Azabu University, Sagamihara 2000 Lecture, Doshisha University, Kyoto 2000 Koji Yamamura animation expression base course, Summer School, ENBU art & planning Seminar 2001 Lecture, National Film Board of Canada, Montreal 2002 Lecture, De Anza College, San Francisco 2002 Lecture, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology 2002 Lecture, National Film Board of Canada, Winnipeg 2004 Workshop and lecture, The Korean National University of Arts 2004 Keio University "Digital Art Awards 2004" Keynote address 2005 Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design Graduation production exhibition commemoration open lecture, Aichi Arts Center 2006 Lecture, Manggha Centre, Poland 2006 Open Lecture, Hiroshima City University 2007 Creators forum, Konan Women's University, Department of Creative Media Studies, Kobe 2007 Multimedia lecture meeting, Kyoto Seika University 2007 Lecture, University of Ljubljana , Slovenia 2008 Conférence-projection de YAMAMURA Kôji "Peintures animées et animations peintes" L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo 2008 "Zbig Rybczynski X Koji Yamamura" Presided by Hideichi Tamegaya Joshiji university Art and Design 2008 Lecture at 11th koto international Student Film & Video Festival 2009 Animations Open Study vol.0 -See the animation on 16mm film 2009 Lecture at Concordia University 3/16, Canada, Montreal 2009 Lecture at Rhode Islan#eaSchool of Design (RISD) 3/19, USA 2009 Lecture at Harvard University 3/20, USA 2009 Russian Revolution Animation 1924-1979, Koji Yamamura x Kei Oyama, UPLINK X, 6/27 2009 Lecture at "Adult Animation, welcome to Koji Yamamura's world" 8/8 Nagakute Cultural Center 2009 "Ryan Larkin and his animations" Koji Yamamura x Nobuaki Doi, Rise X, 9/19 2009 "Symposium in Geisai Short Film Fes 2009" NEXT STAGE of Image, Tokyo University of the Arts Ueno, 9/5, Michihiko Yabuuchi, Hide Nakaya and Mituko Okamoto 2009 Lecture at Kid's Movie Theater〈2009〉"Yamamura Animation Dai Zukan" 9/23, 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa 2009 International Symposium "power of produce, Japan and Canada" 9/24 Oscar Peterson Theater, Canadian Embassy 2009 "Animation of Kei Oyama" Talk Show at UPLINK FACTORY, 10/23 2009 "INTO ANIMATION 5 Yokohama" Koji Yamamura selection NFB classic & NFB modern, Yokohama Akarenga soko, 10/16-19 2009 Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Bashamichi Edges" Introduction of Contemporary Animation - Laugh off human's ineptitude, Phil Muroy - 7/18, Tokyo University of the Arts Bashamichi school building 2009 Tokyo Zokei University Open Campus "Screening and lecture, Yamamura Animation" 7/19, Tokyo Zokei University 4-E room 2009 Keynote address "anima" Animation Project 2009 -Flip. Flap, Animation- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences 2009 Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Bashamichi Edges" Introduction of Contemporary Animation - Abstract animation of Chris Hinton and Malcolm Sutherland, new successors of McLaren (Canada)-10/3, Tokyo University of the Arts Bashamichi school building 2009 CREAM International Festival of Arts and Media Yokohama 2009 Koji Yamamura's selection Modern Japanese Animations Talk: Koji Yamamura, Ryo okawara and Fumiro Sato 11/23, Tokyo University of the Arts Bashamichi school building 2009 "Nemuri Hime" Talk with Kei Shichiri UPLINK X 2009 The new standard of animation "Yomu Animation" Publishing Event lecture 2009 Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Bashamichi Edges "Introduction of Contemporary Animation -Temptation of Gianluigi Toccafondo" (Italy) -12/12, Tokyo University of the Arts Bashamichi school building 2009 Business for Tokyo university of the Arts and Adachi Ward - Film music Research and creation - "Music of Koji Yamamura" 12/6, Tokyo university of the Arts Shenju campus Studio A 2010 GEIDAI ANIMATION 01+ 3/20 "Possibility of sound and animation" Hitomi Shimizu, Yuichi Kishino and Koji Yamamura 2010 Supervision, lecture and workshop at Exhibition" Karel Zeman" Kariya City Art Museum、4/17-5/30 2011 "Norshtein, between object and process" at the exhibition; Tale of Tales Yuri Norshtein & Francheska Yarbussova, Ashikaga Museum of Art 2011 5 days lecuture in L'abbaye de Fontevraud, France 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival Master classs, Arts Court - Theatre 2011 Special Lecture in Estnia Art University 2011 Lecture for Muybridge's Strings in Korea National University of Arts 2012 Special Lecture in Kanazawa College of Art 2012 Japanese Incddependent animator, Koji Yamamura, Chung-Ang University, Korea 2013 Carrefour de l'Animation at Forum des images (France 2014 5 days workshop at Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) 2014 International Design Workshop at Asia University (Taiwan) |
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| Selected List of Social Activities (Jury works) |
| 1997 Chairman of judging committee of animated film section, Seoul International Family Film Festival 1998-2006 Member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association 2001 Jury, CG & Animation Festival, Japan 2001 Jury, Laputa Animation Festival, Japan 2001 Jury, SAFOin Canada 2002 Selection Committee, 9th Hirosima International Animation Festival 2002 Jury, Puchon International Student Animated Film Festival in Korea 2003 A member of the board of directors of the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) 2003 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2003 2003 Jury, Tough-eye Turuk International Animation festiva, Estonia 2003 Jury, 7th Japan Media Arts Festival 2004 Jury, Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart Trick for Kids, Germany 2004 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2004 Jury, Ranpo commemoration Rikkyo University and Ikebukuro owl literature prize 2005 Jury, AniFest International festival of Animated films, Trebon in the Czech 2005 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2005 Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest 2006 Regular member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association 2006 Established "Animations creators & critics" 2006 Honorable president, World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb 2006 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2006 Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest 2006 Jury, 3rd Norwich International Animation Festival in UK 2006 Jury, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival 2007 Jury, TBS DigiCon 6 2007 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2007 Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business 2007 Jury, anilogue Budapest Animation Festival 2007 Chairman of jury, animateka International Animation Film Festival 2008 Selection Committee, CJax Canada Japan Short Animation Exchange 2008 Jury, Lisbon International Animation Festival MONSTRA 2008 Jury, 15th KROK International Animation Festival, Rusia 2008 Chairman of Jury, 24th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland 2008 Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business 2008 Jury, CREAM International Festival of Arts and Media Yokohama 2009 2009 Jury, International College Peace Film Festival in Korea, 11/26-29 2009 Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business 2010 Member of the 3rd Japan - Korea Cultural Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 2010 Bunka Koryushi (Cultural Exchanger), Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan 2012 Temporary member of the Cultural Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan 2012 President of Jury, 8th Varna World Animation Festival, Bulgaria 2014 Jury, 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan 2014 Jury, The 2nd Shin-Kenbiten (The 66th Kenbiten in total) Annual Competition of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 2014 Jury, 69th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan 2014 Jury, Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists 2014 Jury, Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo 2015, Japan 2014 Jury, Tokyo Wonder Wall 2015, Japan 2014 Jury,12th Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivá, Hungary 2015 Cyber Sousa Animation Competition, China 2015 Jury, 10th Anim'est 2015, Romania 2015 Jury, 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan 2015 Jury, 70th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan 2016 Jury & Mentor, Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo, Japan 2016 Main Jury, 10th ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival, Cacak, Serbia 2016 Final Jury, 5th China Independent Animation Film Forum (CIAFF), Beijing, China 2016 89th Oscars Final Voting to 2016 Academy Award Animated Short, USA 2017 Cherman of Jury, 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2017 90th Oscars Preliminary Voting and Final Voting to 2017 Academy Award Animated Short, USA 2018 Animation Jury, XV International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools Kinoproba, Ekaterinburg, Russia 2018 91st Oscars Preliminary Voting and Final Voting to 2018 Academy Award Animated Short, USA |
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