FILM DIRECTOR

Satoshi Kon

1963 - 2010

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Satoshi Kon (今 敏, Kon Satoshi; October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), and Paprika (2006), and the TV series Paranoia Agent (2004). In 2010, Kon died of pancreatic cancer at age 46. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Satoshi Kon is the 340th most popular film director (down from 302nd in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Japan (down from 436th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Satoshi Kon ranks 340 out of 2,041. Before him are Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Feyder, and Hideaki Anno. After him are Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, Francis Veber, Jim Henson, and Samuel Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Satoshi Kon ranks 79. Before him are May-Britt Moser, Empress Masako, Roberto Donadoni, Steven Soderbergh, Manuel Marrero Cruz, and Junji Ito. After him are Mike Pompeo, Eric McCormack, Seal, John Powell, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, and Brian Kemp. Among people deceased in 2010, Satoshi Kon ranks 80. Before him are Peter Graves, Maurice Wilkes, Ariel Ramírez, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Malcolm McLaren, and Antony Flew. After him are Pierre Hadot, Iskandar of Johor, Luis Molowny, Robert Culp, Günter Behnisch, and Bella Akhmadulina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Kon ranks 586 out of 6,245. Before him are Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), Emperor Murakami (926), Shūsaku Endō (1923), Hideaki Anno (1960), and Junji Ito (1963). After him are Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Shinran (1173), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Satoru Iwata (1959).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Satoshi Kon ranks 13. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960). After him are Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), and Mikio Naruse (1905).

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