Toru Tokikawa
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is a Japanese-born film director based in Los Angeles. He was selected for International Finacing Forum at Toronto International Film Festival
and Producer's Lab during CineMart at Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008. His projects are supported by J-Pitch, a Japanese film promoting organization, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. His commercial film for Manix that he directed through @radical.media
won multiple awards including London International Advertising Award.
Tokikawa was born in Japan and raised in the US and Indonesia
. He has been directing music videos and commercials for over 12 years. He started his career as an art director at Japanese advertising agency Dentsu
in Tokyo
. He graduated from the University of Tokyo
. He speaks English, French and Japanese.
Toru has directed and produced internationally acclaimed two short films: Noodle Soup and A Box, which were the official selection at Boston
, São Paulo Int'l
, Karlovy Vary Int'l
, Philadelphia
and Seoul Net & Film Festivals, among others. He is officially invited to the Berlin International Film Festival
's Talent Campus 2005. The British Council supported Noodle Soup for international film festivals. It has nominated for the Best Narrative Short award at the Oakland International Film Festival. Both films are distributed worldwide through Shorts International Ltd. The shorts are on AOL's Moviefone
and Noodle Soup was broadcast on Comcast
and NYC TV25 and sold to Canal+ Poland
, SBS TV Australia and SBS Europe.
Toru owns a Los Angeles and London based production company Rivertime Entertainment Inc. that develops and produces feature films, documentaries, TV programs and digital contents. With its multicultural team of young up and coming talents, all of the projects have the ambition to be fresh, unique, exciting and to have strong international appeal.
Rivertime Entertainment is currently in pre-production of Single Shot – an urban music thriller. The company is producing an interview series format TELL ME ABOUT that features top global DJs with NHK
and other TV and mobile channels worldwide. The company is the associate producer of the king of Japanese entertainment show SMAP X SMAP for FUJI TV, and also produces Baby SMAP – a mini series that features international top visual artists.
Rivertime Entertainment is also developing several feature film projects: The Date - a psychological internet dating thriller; Sundays - a Tokyo set drama an adaptation of a Japanese best selling novelist; Clone Hunter – a Sci-Fi Thriller set in Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
and Producer's Lab during CineMart at Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008. His projects are supported by J-Pitch, a Japanese film promoting organization, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. His commercial film for Manix that he directed through @radical.media
@radical.media
@radical.media is a global transmedia company founded in 1993 by Jon Kamen and Frank Scherma with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Sydney and Shanghai....
won multiple awards including London International Advertising Award.
Tokikawa was born in Japan and raised in the US and Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. He has been directing music videos and commercials for over 12 years. He started his career as an art director at Japanese advertising agency Dentsu
Dentsu
is one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Its headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo....
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. He graduated from the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
. He speaks English, French and Japanese.
Toru has directed and produced internationally acclaimed two short films: Noodle Soup and A Box, which were the official selection at Boston
Boston Film Festival
Boston Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It has been held annually since 1984, usually in early September....
, São Paulo Int'l
São Paulo International Film Festival
The São Paulo International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in São Paulo, Brazil since 1976. In 2004 Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami was a member of the jury.-International Jury Award:*2001: The New Country ...
, Karlovy Vary Int'l
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Film Festival
The Philadelphia Film Festival is held annually in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Until 2009 it was generally held during the first weeks of April....
and Seoul Net & Film Festivals, among others. He is officially invited to the Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
's Talent Campus 2005. The British Council supported Noodle Soup for international film festivals. It has nominated for the Best Narrative Short award at the Oakland International Film Festival. Both films are distributed worldwide through Shorts International Ltd. The shorts are on AOL's Moviefone
Moviefone
Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theatre information, film reviews, or advance tickets...
and Noodle Soup was broadcast on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
and NYC TV25 and sold to Canal+ Poland
Canal+ Poland
Canal+ Poland is Poland's variation of the French television network Canal+. It is similar in many ways, including continuity and presentation. It also shows similar programs to Canal+ France like the tv-series The Simpsons....
, SBS TV Australia and SBS Europe.
Toru owns a Los Angeles and London based production company Rivertime Entertainment Inc. that develops and produces feature films, documentaries, TV programs and digital contents. With its multicultural team of young up and coming talents, all of the projects have the ambition to be fresh, unique, exciting and to have strong international appeal.
Rivertime Entertainment is currently in pre-production of Single Shot – an urban music thriller. The company is producing an interview series format TELL ME ABOUT that features top global DJs with NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
and other TV and mobile channels worldwide. The company is the associate producer of the king of Japanese entertainment show SMAP X SMAP for FUJI TV, and also produces Baby SMAP – a mini series that features international top visual artists.
Rivertime Entertainment is also developing several feature film projects: The Date - a psychological internet dating thriller; Sundays - a Tokyo set drama an adaptation of a Japanese best selling novelist; Clone Hunter – a Sci-Fi Thriller set in Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
Sources
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417201
- http://www.nhk.or.jp/program/tellme/
- http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591919325A21RyJr8F427E
- http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC705919193260C2TyGx91D8AE