Tomonari Nishikawa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Also Known As 西川智也

Tomonari Nishikawa

Biography

Nishikawa’s films explore the idea of documenting situations/phenomena through a chosen medium and technique, often focusing on process itself. His films have been screened at numerous film festivals and art venues, including Berlinale, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, London Film Festival, Media City Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival. In 2010, he presented a series of 8mm and 16mm films at MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, and his film installation, Building 945, received the 2008 Grant Award from the Museum of Contemporary Cinema in Spain. He served as a juror for the 2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival, the 2012 Big Muddy Film Festival, and the 2013 dresdner schmalfilmtage. He is one of the co-founders of KLEX: Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film and Video Festival and Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image. He lives in Japan/USA, currently teaching in Cinema Department at Binghamton University.

Known For

Director

2023
Magnetic Point

as Director

2021
Trafic

as Director

2019
Amusement Ride

as Director

2016
Luminous Veil

as Director

2013
45 7 Broadway

as Director

2010
Shibuya - Tokyo

as Director

2010
Tokyo - Ebisu

as Director

2009
Lumphini 2552

as Director

2008
16-18-4

as Director

2007
Into the Mass

as Director

2007
Sketch Film #4

as Director

2007
Sketch Film #5

as Director

2006
Clear Blue Sky

as Director

2006
Sketch Film #3

as Director

2005
Market Street

as Director

2005
Sketch Film #1

as Director

2005
Sketch Film #2

as Director

2003
Apollo

as Director

Crew

2006
Clear Blue Sky

as Cinematography