Masanobu Takayanagi
Masanobu "Masa" Takayanagi (高柳 雅暢, Takayanagi Masanobu, born 17 February 1974) is a Japanese cinematographer whose works include Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Warrior (2011) and The Grey (2011).
Life and career
[edit]Takayanagi was raised in Tomioka, a city in Gunma Prefecture.[1] He briefly attended Tohoku University[2] in Japan before deciding to pursue a career in cinematography in the American film industry; he was inspired by Masters of Light: Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers, which he saw in a bookstore.[3] He migrated to the United States around 1996[4] in order to attend film school at California State University, Long Beach at the university's Film and Electronics Arts Department, although he could not speak English at the time.[3][5] He later attended the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles and graduated in 2002.[6] His short film Shui Hen, a graduate project he produced at the AFI Conservatory, won the 2003 Palm Springs International Film Festival's award for Best Student Cinematography.[1] In 2004, he was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers' John F. Seitz Student Heritage Award.[1]
After working on the film crews of various low-budget projects, in 2005 Takayanagi was hired as a Tokyo-based second unit cinematographer for the film Babel under Rodrigo Prieto.[3] He later photographed the second units of State of Play, Eat Pray Love, The Eagle, and Monte Carlo. His first turn as a main unit cinematographer was on Meet Monica Velour, followed by The Grey, both released in 2011.[1] In 2012, he was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch".[4] He photographed David O. Russell's 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, followed by Out of the Furnace in 2013 and Rupert Goold's 2015 film True Story.[3]
In 2015, Takayanagi became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[7]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ugly Me | Claudio Dabed | |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Robert Milazzo | |
| 2009 | Amar a morir | Fernando Lebrija | |
| 2010 | Meet Monica Velour | Keith Bearden | |
| Promises Written in Water | Vincent Gallo | ||
| 2011 | Warrior | Gavin O'Connor | |
| The Grey | Joe Carnahan | ||
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace | Scott Cooper | |
| 2015 | True Story | Rupert Goold | |
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy | ||
| Black Mass | Scott Cooper | ||
| 2017 | Hostiles | ||
| 2020 | Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made | Tom McCarthy | |
| 2021 | Stillwater | ||
| Swan Song | Benjamin Cleary | ||
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Scott Cooper | |
| 2025 | Deliver Me from Nowhere † | Filming |
References
[edit]- ^ See :ja:マサノブ・タカヤナギ［Masanobu・Takayanagi］
- ^ a b c d "ONFILM Interview: Masanobu Takayanagi". Kodak. October 15, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Heuring, David (February 13, 2012). "10 Cinematographers to Watch: Masanobu Takayanagi". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "Latin American Film Studies". California State University, Long Beach. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Shatkin, Elina (October 2006). "Short Takes". American Cinematographer. 87 (10). Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ "Clubhouse News". American Cinematographer. 96 (11). Los Angeles, California, United States: American Society of Cinematographers: 94. November 2015. ISSN 0002-7928.
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