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Satoshi Kon
Born	October 12, 1963 (1963-10-12) (age 45) Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Occupation	Film director and screenwriter
Years active	1997–present (as director)

'Satoshi Kon (今 敏 ,Kon Satoshi^?) (born October 12, 1963) is a Japanese director of anime films. Kon started his career as a manga artist and editor in Young Magazine, and then made his screenwriting debut with "Magnetic Rose", a section of the anthology film Memories. Kon made his directorial debut film, Perfect Blue, in 1997, followed by Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika and the television series Paranoia Agent. A fifth film, The Dream Machine, is also in production.^[1] All of his works as a director have been made by Studio Madhouse, where he is a staff director along with Rintaro and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 Directorial work 2 Filmography 2.1 Writer 2.2 Director 2.3 Animator 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

Satoshi Kon is a film director from Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Kon attended Musashino College of the Arts and intended to become a painter.^[1] After college, he worked with Katsuhiro Ōtomo on the manga World Apartment Horror.^[1] Kon entered the anime industry by working as set designer for Roujin Z (1991), for which Ōtomo was the screenwriter and mechanical designer.^[1] Kon's early work was strongly influenced by Ōtomo due to Kon's experience with him.^[1] Afterwards, Kon made his screenwriting debut with "Magnetic Rose", a section of the anthology film Memories.^[1]

[edit] Directorial work

In 1997, Satoshi Kon released his directorial debut film Perfect Blue, which was turned into a feature film from an original video animation in the middle of production.^[1] His next film, Millennium Actress, was released in 2001 to several film festivals and won numerous awards.^[1] Having created two films that blend dreams and reality, Kon decided to work on a more linear and traditional story and directed Tokyo Godfathers, his only film to date that doesn't deal with subjective reality.^[1] After creating the television series Paranoia Agent, Kon finished work on Paprika, a feature-length film that received a wide release to cinemas worldwide in 2007.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Writer

• Memories (1995)
• Millennium Actress (2001)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
• Paprika (2006)

[edit] Director

• Perfect Blue (1998)
• Millennium Actress (2001)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
• Paranoia Agent (2004)
• Paprika (2006)
• Good Morning (part of Ani*Kuri15) (2008)
• The Dream Machine (TBA)

[edit] Animator

• Perfect Blue (1998)
• Millennium Actress (2001)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kon Satoshi at the Internet Movie Database
• http://hometheatermag.com/httalksto/1205talks/ Interview
• 今敏 (Satoshi Kon) (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
• Interview Spanish

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