Takahiko Iimura

Takahiko Iimura

Known for

Directing

Born

February 20, 1937 (age 89)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Takahiko Iimura has been a pioneer artist of Japanese experimental film and video, working with film since l960 and with video since 1970 while residing in New York and Tokyo. He is a widely established international artist, having numerous solo exhibitions in major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum, New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, the National Gallery Jeu de Paume, Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo in addition to an artist residency at the German Academy of Arts, Berlin, and Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study C...

Best known work

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation
1997
Four Shadows
Four Shadows
1978
Love
Love
1962
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput
1964
Onan
Onan
1963
On Eye Rape
On Eye Rape
1962
Rose Color Dance
Rose Color Dance
1965
Observer / Observed
Observer / Observed
1975
MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji
MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji
1989
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Ukiyo Ukare

    Director

  2. 2023

  3. 2013

  4. 2012

  5. 2011

  6. 2008

    A Rock In The Light

    Director, Director of Photography, Editor

  7. 2004

  8. 2003

  9. 2002

  10. 1997

  11. 1996

  12. 1995

  13. 1995

  14. 1993

  15. 1991

  16. 1991

  17. 1991

  18. 1991

  19. 1990

  20. 1989

  21. 1989

  22. 1989

  23. 1989

  24. 1989

  25. 1987

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