Makoto Nagahisa

Makoto Nagahisa

Known for

Directing

Born

August 2, 1984 (age 42)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Born August 2, 1984, in Tokyo, Makoto Nagahisa directed films and music videos while working as a commercial planner at a major ad agency. Nagahisa wrote and directed the short film And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool. (2017) and was the first Japanese director to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES is his first feature-length film. Influences include Juzo Itami, Nagisa Oshima, Gil Evans and Boris Vian. Has long hair, which he wears braided on formal occasions.

Source: Nagahisa's website

Best known work

Sunny
Sunny
2024
We Are Little Zombies
We Are Little Zombies
2019
And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.
And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.
2017
BURN
BURN
2026
I Am Dead!
I Am Dead!
2023
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
2021
Kaguya
Kaguya
2022
Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love
Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love
2024
ゼロ年代全景
ゼロ年代全景
DEATH DAYS
DEATH DAYS
2022

Filmography

  1. TBA

    ゼロ年代全景

    Script, Screenplay, Director

  2. 2026

    BURN

    Director, Screenplay, Songs

  3. 2024

    SunnyTV

    Director

  4. 2024

  5. 2023

    I Am Dead!TV

    Director, Screenplay, Creator

  6. 2022

    Kaguya

    Director

  7. 2022

    DEATH DAYS

    Director, Screenplay

  8. 2021

    FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGSTV

    Series Director, Writer

  9. 2020

  10. 2019

    We Are Little Zombies

    Screenplay, Music, Director

  11. 2017

  12. 2009

    Frog

    Director, Writer

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