Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York. His first feature film, '' Out of My Hand'' (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the

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and won the US Fiction Award at the 2015

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. He won the ''George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award'' at the 2015

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. The film was later released worldwide through

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’s distribution company, ARRAY. Takeshi was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016

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. In 2017, he was selected for The Residence by

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to develop his second feature film.

Select filmography

* '' Out of My Hand'' (2015) * ''

Ainu Mosir ''Ainu Mosir'' ( ain, wikt:アィヌモシㇼ, アイヌモシㇼ, lit=the land of the Ainu; Hokkaido) is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Takeshi Fukunaga. It features a story about a young Ainu people, Ainu boy, and deals with issues aroun ...

'' (2020) * ''Mountain Woman'' (2023)

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Takeshi Fukunaga Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York. His first feature film, ''Out of My Hand (film), Out of My Hand'' (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won the US Fiction Award a ...

(Wikipedia:Japanese) *

References

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