Kenji Uchida (film director)

Kenji Uchida
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
OccupationFilm director

Kenji Uchida (内田けんじ, Uchida Kenji, born 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture[1]) is a Japanese film director.

He studied filmmaking at San Francisco State University. His independently produced film Weekend Blues won two awards at the 24th Pia Film Festival in 2001.[1] His theatrical feature film debut, A Stranger of Mine (2005), won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival,[1] and also earned him the Best Director award at the 30th Hochi Film Award.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Eiga kantoku Uchida Kenji-san". Sōgō toshokan daimokuroku (in Japanese). 21 August 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010.