Akira Ogata (film director)

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Akira Ogata (緒方明) is a Japanese film director. He was given the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his film, Boy's Choir, in 2000,^[1] and then won the award for best director at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Nonchan Noriben.^[2]