Iimura Takahiko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Iimura Takahiko

filmmaker

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1937

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: film director, videographer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Takahiko Iimura (????, Iimura Takahiko, born February 20, 1937) is a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and fine artist.
He is considered one of the pioneers of experimental and independent filmmaking in Japan.
Iimura was born in Tokyo and is a graduate of Keio University.
His film Onan (1963) won the Special Prize at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival in 1964.
He published a seminal work on experimental filmmaking in 1970, Geijutsu to higeijutsu no aida, and a biography of Yoko Ono, Ono Yoko hito to sakuhin, in 1985.
Iimura made much of his film in New York City, but became a professor at the Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1992.