Tatsuo Suzuki (cinematographer)


Tatsuo Suzuki is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked with many prominent independent directors.

Career

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Suzuki entered the film industry at Iwanami Productions, where he worked on documentary films. Turning freelance and expanding into fiction and avant-garde film, he worked as the cinematographer on many films of the Art Theatre Guild and of directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Toshio Matsumoto, Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Shūji Terayama, Kazuhiko Hasegawa, and Masahiro Shinoda.

Awards

In 1995, he won the Japan Academy Prize and the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film Sharaku.

Selected filmography