kyozoku
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About Me
I'm a filmmaker and a screenwriter living in Toronto. I've directed about a dozen music videos. I like videos that are memorable rather than pretty.
I've produced and directed videos with a budget of $500 and with a budget of $100,000. So I'm comfortable along the whole spectrum. I'm going to make my first feature film in 2009.
I also write for magazines like Wax Poetics and Rue Morgue. I love rap. And Japan. And my wife.
Music Video Director Credits
"Crystal", Fresh IE
"Pip's Kid", Pip Skid
"Mad World", Gary Jules (fan video)
"Fillossaphee", Gruf
"Nachenaa Ve Nachenaa", Sunil Ishq
"Collecting Empties", Skratch Bastid
"I Ain't Lazy", Skratch Bastid
"Alone Again", Pip Skid
"The Kinship of The Down & Out", John Smith
"Hypochondriac", Pip Skid
"Pip's Kid", Pip Skid
"Mad World", Gary Jules (fan video)
"Fillossaphee", Gruf
"Nachenaa Ve Nachenaa", Sunil Ishq
"Collecting Empties", Skratch Bastid
"I Ain't Lazy", Skratch Bastid
"Alone Again", Pip Skid
"The Kinship of The Down & Out", John Smith
"Hypochondriac", Pip Skid
Other Director Credits
The Director's Cut (short film)
Awards
Crystal - Golden Palm Award, Music Video Category, Mexico International Film Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, South-East New England Film, Music & Arts Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Canada International Film Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Oxford International Film Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Great Lakes Independent Film Festival 2008
Crystal - Best Music Video, South-East New England Film, Music & Arts Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Canada International Film Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Oxford International Film Festival 2009
Crystal - Best Music Video, Great Lakes Independent Film Festival 2008
Other Achievements
Screenings
"Crystal"
Polar Film Festival (Finland), 2009
The Nickel Independent Film Festival (St. John’s), 2009
Mexico International Film Festival, 2009 - Winner, Golden Palm Award, Music Video
Reel World Film Festival (Toronto), 2009
A Night of Horror Film Festival (Sydney), 2009
Okanagan International Film Festival, 2009
Indie Spirit Film Festival (Colorado Springs), 2009
Paranoia Horror Film Festival (Los Angeles), 2009
South-East New England Film, Music and Arts Festival, 2009 – Winner, Best Music Video
Canada International Film Festival (Vancouver), 2009 – Winner, Best Music Video
Festival of Cinema and Technology (Los Angeles), 2009
Oxford Film Festival (Mississippi), 2009 – Winner, Best Music Video
SoCal Independent Film Festival, 2008
Illinois International Film Festival, 2008
Dark Carnival Film Festival, 2008
Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, 2008 – Winner, Best Music Video
Reggio Film Festival (Italy), 2008
Sacramento Horror Film Festival, 2008
"Pip’s Kid"
Propeller TV, UK, 2008
Bornshorts, Denmark, 2008
"Fillossaphee"
Portable Film Festival, Australia, 2008
"The Director’s Cut"
Propeller TV, UK, 2009
Movieola Channel, Canada, 2008
Ouat Media Distribution, 2008
DNA Film Festival, Toronto, 2006
NSI FilmExchange Festival, Winnipeg, 2006
Cinematheque Winnipeg, 2005
"Alone Again"
Culturama DVD Anthology 2003
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Recent Activity
As I said on YouTube, this Comment by kyozoku on Fredrik - '11 Years' by Iris Piers (Radar Music Video post) As I said on YouTube, this is beautiful and excellent. Please keep making films! I look forward to seeing them.... posted on Dec 11, 2008 Music video for the first single from Gruf's 2005 album "Hopeless". Comprised of 2300 B&W stills shot with an analog 35mm SLR camera by the great photographer Jon Schledewitz.
You can find Gruf's ... posted on May 6, 2008 Incredible. Beautiful work. Love those long takes of faces, like Glazer did in "Birth".... posted on Apr 30, 2008 G! Amazing video, congrats. Fuck the haters, this is a real rap video! Put Rakim in there and nobody would even notice. Great song too! Nice one all 'round.... posted on Apr 30, 2008 What's the story on the Comment by kyozoku on The Confusions - The Perfect Plan (Radar Music Video post) What's the story on the footage? Stock, original, treated?... posted on Apr 30, 2008 Love this shit! I had some drinks with Al from Son Records a couple years ago. Nice guy, wished I could have directed a video for him. Super fun video, nice work.... posted on Apr 30, 2008 First single from Skratch Bastid's 2005 album "Taking Care of Business", featuring Pip Skid and John Smith. Shot on a Canon GL-1.... posted on Apr 30, 2008 Video for the first single from Pip Skid's 2005 album "Funny Farm". Shot on 16mm and consisting entirely of one camera position rotating 360 degrees, with some surprises.... posted on Apr 30, 2008 A video I made for myself, featuring a performance artist dancing in Shibuya, Tokyo, in 2003, intercut with shots of life in Osaka.... posted on Apr 30, 2008 |
by kyozoku (Radar Music Video)