Chosei Funahara

Osao Chosei Funahara is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both the United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science, he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.

Filmography

Producer

Cagney Lies
Still Normal
Masabumi Kikuchi
Dark Voices
Tokyo Decadence ... a.k.a. Sex Dreams of Topaz ... a.k.a. Topâzu
In the Soup
Fatal Mission ... a.k.a. DeadLock ... a.k.a. Enemy
Raffles Hotel
Sons

Other film credits

Dark Voices
Kyoko
Amerikanskaya doch ... a.k.a. Американская дочь ... a.k.a. American Daughter
Somebody to Love
Hsi yen ... a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet

In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei Funahara has produced or directed more than sixty short films, documentaries and numerous TV commercials in Japan, the United States and Europe.

Selected short films

War
Widget, directed by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley
Trouble, directed by Richard Edson
DEADEND, directed by Miron Zownir
Cacophony, Lonesome Hitmen from Montana, for German TV ZDF
Cockroach Alarm in Spanish Harlem
New York City Marathon, written by Ryu Murakami
The Houseguest, featuring John Cale and Zoë Lund

Music video

I am Siam directed by Funahara, winner of the American Video Award.