Yukihiro Okimura
Yukihiro Okimura is a Japanese cinematographer.Career
Yukihiro Okimura was born in 1969 in Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. He went to Shimizudani High School and the Osaka University of Arts Photography Department, where he started 8 mm film making.
After graduating in 1992, he started working as an assistant cinematographer for Nikkatsu on films with Juzo Itami, Yoshimitsu Morita, and Kei Kumai. He also studied camera operation under Yonezo Maeda, Hiroshi Takase, and Shogo Ueno. In 2007, he made his debut as an independent cinematographer with Southbound.Selective filmography
- Southbound
- Vacation
- Cinema Kabuki Ninjo Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi
- Cinema Kabuki Renjishi
- Watashi dasu wa
- Sawako Decides
- Bushi no kakeibo
- Mitsuko Delivers
- Bokukyû: A ressha de iko
- A Tale of Samurai Cooking
- The Magnificent Nine
As assistant cinematographer
- Daibyonin
- Heisei Musekinin Ikka: Tokyo Deluxe
- Shizuka na Seikatsu
- Haru
- Lost Paradise
- Keiho
- The Sea Is Watching
- Night of Shooting Star
- The Seagull
- Christmas on July 24th Avenue ''
Video
- A Day of One Hero
Awards
- Shibata Award – Award for outstanding young cameraoperator by MPTE