高校時代デザイン科に所属。
ダリ、キリコ、マグリットなどシュールレアリストの影響を受け主にイメージ画を制作。
１９９６年ビジュアルアーツ専門学校大阪入学。
同年「RANCHI」を制作、一枚の絵を映像として組み立てていく絵画的要素を取り込み
シュールな世界を作り上げる。同じく同年制作した「Coffee fish」では出演・撮影・編集等
制作のすべてを一人で行いフレームという額の中に一枚の絵を作り上げるその後の
作品スタイルを確立する。
２００１年初の長編「RIDDLE」を制作 本作でも自ら主演、撮影、編集を行い2001年
シネ・ヌーヴォにて公開される。２００３年魚市場を舞台にした「The record of the cry from
the deep sea」を制作。
２００４年「つぶろの殻」を制作 PFF２００４に入選し観客賞を受賞。
同年イギリスの映画批評家トニー・レインズ氏に評価されバンクーバー国際映画祭、
プサン国際映画祭、サラエボ映画祭等にて上映される。２００５年大阪で開催された
第１回ＣＯ２映画祭企画制作部門にて「堤防は洪水を待っている」を制作。
選考委員を務めた黒沢清監督から「世界的に相当ハイレベル」と評価を受け、２００６年に
開催されたアジアン映画祭にて「日暮れる窓」を制作。
2008年から「ほんとうにあった怖い話」シリーズ等のホラー商業作品を手掛け2009年に
「ひとりかくれんぼ劇場版」が全国公開されシュールかつ不気味な世界観と映像センスが
高い評価を得ている。2010年には新作「天使突抜六丁目」が公開を控えている。
He studied Fine Art at Design course in high
school, working on mostly graphic
art. In 1996, he attended Visual Arts College
Osaka. In the same year, he went
on to make another two works; firstly, “RANCHI” in which he built a surreal
world by incorporating
a tableau element which
composed a painting as image. And secondly,
“Coffee fish” which was literally made by
himself, in which he did star, shooting
and editing etc… With the latter film, he
established what would later become
his trademark; weaving a picture in a frame.
After graduation, he made
“Kamino-keno-kawa” with which he toured
independently, centering in Kansai.
The film was also
screened overseas. In 2001, he made his first feature
“RIDDLE” which was screened in the evening
slot in Osaka and had
public reverberations.
2 Filmography
“RANCHI” (1996/16mm/3min)
“Coffee Fish” (1998/Hi-8/20min)
Tokyo Video Festival (Won Videocation Award)
“Kamino-keno-kawa” (1998/Hi-8/20min)
Open Art Opera (Won Bravo Award)
<2002>Screened at Clippia Short Movie Festival
<2003>Screened at Nippon Connection, Germany
“RIDDLE” (2001/Hi-8/90min)
<2001>Evening screening at Cine Nouveau
<2002>Screened at Tokyo Zone Festival, Paris
The record of the cry from the deep sea” (2003/DV/20min)
<2003>Screened at Image Forum Young Perspective
<2004>Screened at Nippon Connection, Germany
<2005>Screened at Barcelona Asian Film Festival
Screened at Jeonju International Film Festival
“Tsuburo”
Pia Film Festival 2004(Won Audience award)
<2004>Screened at Vancouver International Film Festival
Screened at Pusan International Film Festival
Record of submissions
“Tsuburo” (2004)23rd Annual Vancouver International Film Festival
9th Pusan International Film Festival
Nippon Connection 2005
Barcelona Asian Film Festival-BAFF2005
DEJIMA Japanese Film Festival 2005
“Waiting For The Flood” (2005)
Nippon Connection 2005
Japanisches Film Festival Hamburg 2005
1st InDpanda International Short Film
Festival
3 "Waiting For The Flood" 2005/Japan/DV/50min
An iron mask that hides the person's obverse/reverse heart. On the
other side and this side of the levee,
a man and a woman are in the two different worlds that will never meet. They're just waiting for the flood.Yamada Masafumi
whose last feature film "Tsuburo" and previous contes
were screened at Vancouver International Film Festival and Pusan International
Film Festival, attended Visual Arts College Osaka after having studied
Fine Art at Design course in high school. With this film he audaciously depicted
a bizzare Expressionist-like world, in which leading actor
Nobuyuki Teruhiko won the Best Actor prize at CO2.
2006/1 「The CURRENT of NEW Cinema」