About Shinsaku Himeda
Lived 1916 – 1997 (aged 80). Shinsaku Himeda was a Japanese cinematographer.
was a Japanese cinematographer from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture.
Himeda dropped out of Teikoku Art University and started working as an assistant cameraman at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio in 1937. In 1949, he promoted to cinematographer. In 1964, Himeda received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography award for his work in Unholy Desire.
He received an Oscar nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography along with Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya and Masamichi Satoh for his work in Tora! Tora! Tora!.
He left Nikkatsu and became a freelance cinematographer in 1978. ) Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Cinematographer – To Trap a Kidnapper (1983 ) Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Cinematographer – Hotarugawa (1987 ) Order of the Sacred Treasure 4th Class (1992)
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Who was Shinsaku Himeda?
Japanese film cinematographer (1916–1997)
When was Shinsaku Himeda born?
Shinsaku Himeda was born on 19 November 1916 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
When did Shinsaku Himeda die?
Shinsaku Himeda died on 29 July 1997.
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Shinsaku Himeda was a cinematographer.
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Shinsaku Himeda was Japanese.
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