Tetsuya Mariko

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1981-07-12 (43 years old)

Place of Birth Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Mariko

Biography

Tetsuya Mariko (born July 12, 1981) is a Japanese film director. Mariko was born on July 12, 1981, in Tokyo , Japan. He began making short films while at Hosei University . He produced The Far East Apartment in 2003 and Mariko's 30 Pirates in 2004, which won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made Yellow Kid , his first feature-length film, while a graduate student at the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts . He won the New Director Grand Prix at Takasaki Film Festival and the New Directors Award at the Japanese Film Professionals Awards for this film. In 2016, he won the Golden Leopard for Best New Director at the Locarno Film Festival and the Silver Balloon at the Three Continents Festival for his film Destruction Babies. In 2019, Mariko received Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director for his film Miyamoto.

Known For

Director

2023
Before Anyone Else

as Director

2021
MAYDAY

as Director

2020
State of Emergency

as Director

2019
2016
Destruction Babies

as Director

2013
Asunaro Rises!

as Director

2012
FUN FAIR

as Director

2011
NINIFUNI

as Director

2010
Yellow Kid

as Director

2009
A Lush Life

as Director

2007
Nicola's Bridge

as Director

2006
If Things Go Well

as Director

2005
2004
2004
Life Without a Car

as Director

2001
ほぞ

as Director

Writer

2019
From Miyamoto to You

as Screenplay

2016
2013
Asunaro Rises!

as Screenplay

2012
FUN FAIR

as Screenplay

2010
Yellow Kid

as Screenplay

Actor

2006