George Iida (飯田 譲治, Iida Jōji, born 1 March 1959) is a Japanese film and television director, screenwriter, manga author, and novelist. Iida has worked continually in Japan's film, television, anime and manga industries since the early 1980s, predominantly in the genres of horror and science fiction.
Iida was first discovered when his 8mm short Intermission (Kyukei) was screened at the 1980 PIA Film Festival.[2] For the next few years, Iida found work alternating as a scriptwriter for pink films and as an assistant director for other productions.[3] He was subsequently given the opportunity to direct his own project, the straight-to-video production Cyclops (1987). Iida soon followed this with his theatrical debut, Battle Heater (1989), a horror comedy about a man-eating kotatsu that terrorizes the tenants of a rundown apartment block.
In the 1990s Iida branched out into television, creating the series Night Head (1992–1993), which would go on to spawn an entire franchise including a made-for-TV movie of the same name in 1994 as well as manga and books.[3] An anime series, Night Head Genesis, was subsequently produced in 2006. Other notable productions include the 1998 Rasen, the original sequel to Hideo Nakata's film Ring (before Nakata directed the better known, and otherwise unrelated, Ring 2 in 1999), and the police procedural/horror Another Heaven (2000). Rasen was based on Koji Suzuki's second novel of his Ring Trilogy of the same name, also known as Spiral. Another Heaven was based on one of Iida's own books.
Iida's most recent theatrical production as director was Dragon Head (2003), a live-action adaptation of the manga series by Minetaro Mochizuki.
Iida wrote the storyline for his own video game Iida Joji Nightmare Interactive: Moon Cradle. It was released in 1995 for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.[3]
References
^Joji Iida Biography The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television. Retrieved 16 March 2013
^Sharp, Jasper. "The Pia Film Festival and Jishu Eiga". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ abcJoji Iida profile 25 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine subtitledonline.com. Retrieved 16, March 2013
george, iida, 飯田, 譲治, iida, jōji, born, march, 1959, japanese, film, television, director, screenwriter, manga, author, novelist, iida, worked, continually, japan, film, television, anime, manga, industries, since, early, 1980s, predominantly, genres, horror, . George Iida 飯田 譲治 Iida Jōji born 1 March 1959 is a Japanese film and television director screenwriter manga author and novelist Iida has worked continually in Japan s film television anime and manga industries since the early 1980s predominantly in the genres of horror and science fiction George Iida飯田 譲治Born 1959 03 01 1 March 1959 age 64 Suwa Nagano Japan 1 Occupation s director screenwriter manga author authorYears active1980 present Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 2 1 Film 2 2 Television 3 Other work 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditIida was first discovered when his 8mm short Intermission Kyukei was screened at the 1980 PIA Film Festival 2 For the next few years Iida found work alternating as a scriptwriter for pink films and as an assistant director for other productions 3 He was subsequently given the opportunity to direct his own project the straight to video production Cyclops 1987 Iida soon followed this with his theatrical debut Battle Heater 1989 a horror comedy about a man eating kotatsu that terrorizes the tenants of a rundown apartment block In the 1990s Iida branched out into television creating the series Night Head 1992 1993 which would go on to spawn an entire franchise including a made for TV movie of the same name in 1994 as well as manga and books 3 An anime series Night Head Genesis was subsequently produced in 2006 Other notable productions include the 1998 Rasen the original sequel to Hideo Nakata s film Ring before Nakata directed the better known and otherwise unrelated Ring 2 in 1999 and the police procedural horror Another Heaven 2000 Rasen was based on Koji Suzuki s second novel of his Ring Trilogy of the same name also known as Spiral Another Heaven was based on one of Iida s own books Iida s most recent theatrical production as director was Dragon Head 2003 a live action adaptation of the manga series by Minetaro Mochizuki Filmography EditFilm Edit Cyclops 1987 Battle Heater 1989 Tokyo Babylon 1999 1993 live action feature film adaptation of the manga series Akagi 1995 the first of two feature film adaptations of the manga of the same name Rasen 1998 Another Heaven 2000 Jam Films 2002 segment Cold Sleep Dragon Head 2003 Black Belt 2007 as writer Television Edit Tales of the Unusual 1992 2 episodes Night Head 1992 1993 Night Head 1994 TV movie based on the series Ring 1995 as writer TV movie based on the 1991 novel Ring by Koji Suzuki Another Heaven Eclipse 2000 TV spin off series based on Iida s Another Heaven Sci Fi Harry 2000 2001 anime series based on Iida and Asami Tohjoh s manga of the same name Night Head Genesis 2006 Strangers 6 2012 Night Head 2041 2021 Other work EditIida wrote the storyline for his own video game Iida Joji Nightmare Interactive Moon Cradle It was released in 1995 for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer 3 References Edit Joji Iida Biography The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television Retrieved 16 March 2013 Sharp Jasper The Pia Film Festival and Jishu Eiga Midnight Eye Retrieved 16 March 2013 a b c Joji Iida profile Archived 25 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine subtitledonline com Retrieved 16 March 2013External links EditGeorge Iida at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Iida amp oldid 1123554437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
