Koji Yamamura

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1964-06-04 (60 years old)

Place of Birth Nagoya, Japan

Also Known As Yamamura, 山村 浩二, Kouji Yamamura, Kôji Yamamura, Kouji YAMAMURA

Koji Yamamura

Biography

Koji Yamamura 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.

Known For

Director

2024
Extremely Short

as Director

2024
2021
2021
Dozens of Norths

as Director

2019
2019
2017
Water Dream

as Director

2017
2016
Satie's "Parade"

as Director

2016
Zodiac One Third

as Director

2013
Five Fire Fish

as Director

2011
2011
2007
2007
Man & Whale

as Director

2006
Tokyo Loop

as Director

2006
Fig

as Director

2005
The Old Crocodile

as Director

2003
Winter Days

as Director

2003
Pieces

as Director

2002
Mount Head

as Director

2000
Your Choice!

as Director

1996
Bavel's Book

as Director

1995
Kid's Castle

as Director

1995
Kipling Jr.

as Director

1991
The Elevator

as Director

1987
Aquatic

as Director

1987
1986
Freshwater

as Director

1985
Natural History

as Director

1985
Serenade

as Director

Producer

2023
Joy of Life

as Producer

2022
Stained Smell

as Producer

2022
Before Dawn

as Producer

2022
Winter Star

as Producer

2022
Poo Down Hill Up

as Producer

2022
919

as Producer

2022
The House of Loss

as Producer

2021
Squishy Fish Eggs

as Producer

2021
2021
2021
Round Trip

as Producer

2021
Conflicted

as Producer

2021
Red

as Producer

2021
Coping Mechanism

as Producer

2021
blink

as Producer

2021
Amane Diary

as Producer

2021
MUNCH MUNCH

as Producer

2021
Dear Viruses

as Producer

2021
POP JUNKIE

as Producer

2021
Brother

as Producer

2021
Our 2

as Producer

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Producer

2021
2021
Are you here, Ser Brunetto?

as Production Supervisor

2021
A Bite of Bone

as Producer

2021
Our Little Pond

as Producer

2020
A DOG

as Producer

2020
2020
WOKE

as Producer

2020
Iron Pulse

as Producer

2020
2020
Long Live the Cat

as Producer

2020
Notre maison

as Producer

2020
I Am a Motif

as Producer

2020
Strawberry Candy

as Producer

2020
My Hand, Her Hand

as Producer

2020
Empty Hands

as Producer

2019
House Rattler

as Producer

2019
Psyche

as Producer

2019
Indoor Days

as Producer

2019
See My World

as Producer

2019
The Death Vendor

as Producer

2019
Dissipate

as Producer

2019
Pickle Plum Parade

as Producer

2019
2019
What's that smell?

as Producer

2019
Stay With Me

as Producer

2019
Pupa

as Producer

2019
A Pawn

as Producer

2019
Hear the Snow Melt

as Producer

2019
Where is my home?

as Producer

2019
Flow of Life

as Producer

2019
Keep Forgetting

as Producer

2019
2019
Summer Sky Reverie

as Producer

2019
Behind Us

as Producer

2019
Bath House of Whales

as Executive Producer

2018
2018
In There

as Producer

2018
Memory Drawers

as Producer

2018
Take Me Home

as Producer

2018
2018
2018
Live or Let Live

as Producer

2018
Fluffiction

as Producer

2018
My Little Goat

as Producer

2018
Typhoon No. 14

as Producer

2018
Shiosai-bound

as Producer

2018
On the way home

as Producer

2018
Angel inside a box

as Producer

2018
SIBLINGS

as Producer

2018
A4 Microcosm

as Producer

2018
Bero Bero

as Producer

2018
Dance to Life

as Producer

2018
Jinxes

as Producer

2018
Gals

as Producer

2018
The Pearl Remains

as Producer

2018
Time Autobahn

as Producer

2018
To day plus one

as Producer

2017
2017
Nosferatu Maiden

as Producer

2017
yelp

as Producer

2017
South Forest

as Producer

2017
Cosmopolite

as Producer

2017
There was a man

as Producer

2017
2017
Self-Honest Me

as Producer

2017
RINGING CITY

as Producer

2017
四季

as Supervising Producer

2017
flower

as Producer

2017
AEON

as Producer

2017
Cogito Wonderland

as Producer

2017
Candy.zip

as Producer

2016
Silence

as Producer

2016
Umbrella

as Producer

2016
man of many arms

as Producer

2016
Starting Over

as Producer

2016
Awakened Seed

as Producer

2016
mayumi

as Producer

2016
Red Forest

as Producer

2016
Satie's "Parade"

as Producer

2016
2016
2016
RADIO WAVE

as Producer

2016
Milky Ways

as Producer

2015
Crossing Sight

as Producer

2015
The Yellow Ball

as Producer

2015
Black Cat

as Producer

2015
Color Blots

as Producer

2015
2015
Zdravstvuite!

as Producer

2015
Fox Fears

as Producer

2015
Missing You

as Producer

2015
Tepid Bath

as Producer

2014
aaH / Hee

as Producer

2014
Spoon

as Producer

2014
See ya, Mr. Banno!

as Producer

2014
My Dear

as Producer

2014
2014
Flower Bud

as Producer

2014
My Milk Cup Cow

as Producer

2014
Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

as Producer

2014
Crazy Little Thing

as Producer

2014
Exit My Room

as Producer

2014
Everyday Sins

as Producer

2014
00:08

as Producer

2013
My Dear Flesh

as Producer

2013
Cubic Centimeter

as Producer

2013
Ream

as Producer

2013
Kicking Rocks

as Producer

2013
USALULLABY

as Producer

2013
From a Stone

as Producer

2013
Wild Wild Ham

as Producer

2013
Maze King

as Producer

2013
2013
A Gum Boy

as Producer

2013
My Frame

as Producer

2013
I’m Nothing

as Producer

2012
2012
Recruit Rhapsody

as Producer

2012
A Wind Egg

as Producer

2012
Flower and Steam

as Producer

2012
2012
Awaiting

as Producer

2012
2012
2011
Scripta volant

as Producer

2011
From the Dolphin

as Producer

2011
Spots Spots

as Producer

2010
In a Pig's Eye

as Producer

2010
2010
Bring Me Up

as Producer

2010
Getting Dressed

as Producer

2010
Googuri Googuri

as Producer

1987

Visual Effects

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Animation

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Visual Effects

2021
2016
Satie's "Parade"

as Animation

2011
Muybridge's Strings

as Animation

2004
Tracing Jake

as Animation Director

2002
Mount Head

as Animation

Actor

2004
Frank & Wendy

as Japanese Tourist (voice)

1995
Kipling Jr.

as Yohann Kipling

1950

Writer

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Screenplay

2016
2011
Muybridge's Strings

as Screenplay

2003
Pieces

as Writer

1985
Serenade

as Screenplay

Editor

2021
2011
2002
Mount Head

as Editor

Art

2007
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

as Background Designer

2002
Mount Head

as Production Design

Crew

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Creator

2021
Polar Bear Bears Boredom

as Digital Producer

Sound

2021
Dozens of Norths

as Original Music Composer