Toyomichi Kurita (栗田 豊道 Kurita Toyomichi; born 1950) is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked in both Japan and the United States.[1][2][3][4]

Toyomichi Kurita
栗田 豊道
Born
Toyomichi Kurita

1950 (age 73–74)
Alma materAFI Conservatory
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1974–present
AwardsIndependent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
1986 Trouble in Mind
Japanese name
Kanji栗田 豊道
Hiraganaくりた とよみち
Katakanaクリタ トヨミチ
Transcriptions
RomanizationKurita Toyomichi

Kurita won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Trouble in Mind (1985) with two additional nominations for The Moderns (1988) and Powwow Highway (1989), and was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for his work on Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo. He has collaborated with directors like Oshima, Alan Rudolph, Paul Schrader, Tyler Perry, Robert Altman, and Takashi Miike. He is an alumnus of the American Film Institute Conservatory.

Biography

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Kurita graduated from the AFI Conservatory's cinematography program with a Master of Fine Arts in 1981.

Filmography

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Year Title Director Notes
1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun Kazuhiko Hasegawa 2nd unit photography
Photographed by Tatsuo Suzuki
1984 Night Patrol Jackie Kong Additional photography
Photographed by Hanania Baer & Jurg V. Walther
Big Wave Walt Mulconery Documentary film
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Paul Schrader 2nd unit photography
Photographed by John Bailey
Hard Rock Zombies Krishna Shah 2nd unit photography
Photographed by Tom Richmond
Trouble in Mind Alan Rudolph Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
1988 The Moderns Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
1989 Blood Red Peter Masterson
Powwow Highway Jonathan Wacks Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Shadow of China Mitsuo Yanagimachi
1991 A Rage in Harlem Bill Duke
Grand Isle Mary Lambert
Convicts Peter Masterson
1993 Moving Shinji Sōmai
1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee Frank Pierson
1995 Waiting to Exhale Forest Whitaker
1996 Homecoming Mark Jean
Infinity Matthew Broderick
Crime of the Century Mark Rydell
1997 Afterglow Alan Rudolph
1999 Cookie's Fortune Robert Altman
Taboo Nagisa Oshima Nominated- Japanese Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2004 First Daughter Forest Whitaker
2006 Madea's Family Reunion Tyler Perry
Imprint Takashi Miike
2007 Daddy's Little Girls Tyler Perry
Sukiyaki Western Django Takashi Miike Sitges Maria Award for Best Cinematography
Why Did I Get Married? Tyler Perry
2008 The Family That Preys
2009 Toad's Oil Kōji Yakusho
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Tyler Perry
2011 Madea's Big Happy Family
2013 The Brain Man Tomoyuki Takimoto

References

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  1. ^ "Toyomichi Kurita Filmography and Movies". Fandango. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  2. ^ "Toyomichi Kurita". Cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  3. ^ Toyomichi Kurita at IMDb
  4. ^ Thomas, Kevin (November 17, 2000). "Movie Review; The Allure of a Geisha, the Sword of a Samurai; 'Taboo' is the complex tale of an attractive, competent recruit amid a macho militia in Kyoto". L. A.Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
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