FILM DIRECTOR

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

1978 - Today

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi (濱口竜介, Hamaguchi Ryūsuke; [hamaꜜɡɯtɕi ɾʲɯꜜːsɯ̥ke] ; born 16 December 1978) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started gaining attention in his home country with the graduate film Passion (2008). Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film Happy Hour (2015) and continued with Asako I & II (2018). In 2021, he released two films, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Drive My Car; for the latter, he received Academy Awards nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and accepted the award for Best International Feature Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryusuke Hamaguchi is the 1,431st most popular film director (down from 1,285th in 2019), the 1,756th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,457th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 1,431 out of 2,041. Before him are Len Wiseman, Albert Serra, Rian Johnson, Curt Goetz, Gábor Csupó, and René Vautier. After him are D. A. Pennebaker, Alice Rohrwacher, Victor Schertzinger, Brian Helgeland, Judd Apatow, and Lev Kulidzhanov.

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Len Wiseman
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 1,425
Albert Serra
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1,426
Rian Johnson
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,427
Curt Goetz
1888 - 1960
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 1,428
Gábor Csupó
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 1,429
René Vautier
1928 - 2015
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 1,430
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 1,431
D. A. Pennebaker
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,432
Alice Rohrwacher
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 1,433
Victor Schertzinger
1888 - 1941
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 1,434
Brian Helgeland
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 1,435
Judd Apatow
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 1,436
Lev Kulidzhanov
1924 - 2002
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 1,437

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 221. Before him are Alireza Faghani, Tyler Reks, Paola Núñez, Chris Brown, Marcelo Zalayeta, and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. After him are Koichi Higashi, Albert Luque, Luke Kirby, Bonaventure Kalou, Emile Heskey, and Paul Banks.

Others Born in 1978

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Alireza Faghani
REFEREE
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 215
Tyler Reks
WRESTLER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 216
Paola Núñez
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 217
Chris Brown
ATHLETE
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 218
Marcelo Zalayeta
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 219
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 220
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
FILM DIRECTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 221
Koichi Higashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 222
Albert Luque
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 223
Luke Kirby
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 224
Bonaventure Kalou
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 225
Emile Heskey
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 226
Paul Banks
SINGER
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 227