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Fukunaga Kenji
Fukunaga (Kanji: 福永) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cary Fukunaga (born 1977), American film director, writer and cinematographer *Gen Fukunaga is a Japanese–born American engineer and businessman. He established Funimation, a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He served as its president and chairman until 2019, where he stepped down. As of October 2011, F ... (born 1962), American businessman * Myles Fukunaga (1909–1929), American kidnapper *, Japanese idol, singer and actress *, Japanese footballer {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary Fukunaga
Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He first gained recognition for writing and directing the 2009 film '' Sin nombre'' and the 2011 adaptation of ''Jane Eyre''. He was the first director of partial East Asian descent to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, as the director and executive producer of the first season of the HBO series ''True Detective''. He wrote, directed and filmed the 2015 war drama ''Beasts of No Nation'' and co-wrote the 2017 Stephen King adaptation '' It''. He directed the 25th ''James Bond'' film, ''No Time to Die'' (2021). Early life Fukunaga was born on July 10, 1977 in Oakland, California. His father, Anthony Shuzo Fukunaga, was a third-generation Japanese American, born in an internment camp during World War II. His mother, Gretchen May Grufman, is Swedish-American and worked as a dental hygienist, and later as a college history instructor and university assistant professor of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen Fukunaga
is a Japanese–born American engineer and businessman. He established Funimation, a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He served as its president and chairman until 2019, where he stepped down. As of October 2011, Fukunaga was named chairman of online video game publisher GameSamba. Biography Fukunaga was born in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan, and grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana in the United States. He graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1979. Fukunaga attended Purdue University where he got his BSEE in 1982 and his MSEE in 1984. He later moved to Boca Raton, Florida to work as an engineer for IBM. He then attended Columbia Business School, obtaining an MBA in 1989. He held a position with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) before getting a job with Tandem Computers in Sunnyvale, California. Fukunaga is also the co-founder and manager of EchoLight Studios, a Texas-based Christian television production company run by Rick Santorum. EchoLi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myles Fukunaga
Myles Yukata Fukunaga (1909-1929) was a Japanese-American from Honolulu, Hawaii. On September 18, 1928 he kidnapped and murdered George Gill Jamieson, the 10-year-old son of a local banker. Subsequent to the murder, he demanded a $10,000 ransom. Before the body of the victim was found, the Hawaiian Trust Company offered a reward of $5,000 with no questions asked. Fukunaga eventually received $4,000 in $5 bills from the victim's father before he was arrested. He was convicted of first degree murder, sentenced to death, and executed. Further reading * References 1909 births 1929 deaths American kidnappers American murderers of children American people executed for murder People convicted of murder by Hawaii {{US-crime-bio-stub People executed by the Territory of Hawaii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satomi Fukunaga
Satomi Fukunaga (福永恵規, Fukunaga Satomi, born January 26, 1967, in Tokyo, Japan), is a former Japanese idol and singer. She was among the 11 original members of Onyanko Club. Biography When Fukunaga was a child, her parents often took her on walks in the mountains around Tokyo. After enrolling at , she became involved in surfing frequently. Just before graduating from high school, she appeared on the Bishōjo contest for All Night Fuji High School Girl Special, which aired twice on Fuji TV in February and March 1985. However, it was not her but Sayuri Kokushō who was selected as the grand prix winner. She had already been offered a job at a computer-related company. However, the program's officials, attracted by her good personality, persuaded her to become a member of Onyanko Club. She had dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood, as her younger brother was in a theater company and she liked actress Etsuko Shihomi. As a result, she chose to join the group instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |