Kōji Yamamura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kōji Yamamura

Japanese independent animator

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1964

Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: animator, film director, film editor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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Koji Yamamura (?? ??, Yamamura Koji, born June 4, 1964) is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors.
He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature and textbooks. His animation spans a variety of media, his earliest independent works mixing clay painting and stop motion with cels, but has latterly come to concentrate on traditional animation.
Two of his most famous and acclaimed films are the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film-nominated and Cristal d'Annecy–winning Mount Head and the Ottawa Grand Prize and Ofuji Noburo Award–winning A Country Doctor.
His 2011 short film Muybridge's Strings was one of five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award.