Teruo Koike

Teruo Koike

Director

Aichi, Japan

Biography

Born in Aichi in 1951. Becomes involved in independent filmmaking as a student of Kobe University. Discovers Stan Brakhage in 1974 and steps into the world of individual experimental images. Engages in constructing a petrochemical complex in Iran in 1978. Returns to Japan a year later due to the Khomeinī revolution. Joins the kick off of Voyant Cinémathèque in 1983. Leads the image exhibition based on individual and new work shows, "The Image Cosmology", since 1996 and continues till today. Also, he continues to produce "The Ecosystem Series", his lifework.

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Representative Works

Sea Lily
Sea Lily
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Study
Study
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Aldebaran
Aldebaran
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Ecosystem 2
Ecosystem 2
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Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut
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Ecosystem 6 ~ A Sort of Mycelium
Ecosystem 6 ~ A Sort of Mycelium
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Ecosystem 20 ~ Stone
Ecosystem 20 ~ Stone
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Ecosystem 1
Ecosystem 1
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INSECT
INSECT
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Alvileo
Alvileo
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Ecosystem 5 ~ A Tremulous Stone
1988Nominee

Best Director

Ecosystem 5 ~ A Tremulous Stone

A (possible) trip around the world in super 8
2021Nominee

Career Highlight

A (possible) trip around the world in super 8

Ecosystem 6 ~ A Sort of Mycelium
1989Nominee

Best Director

Ecosystem 6 ~ A Sort of Mycelium

Career Highlights

Ecosystem 20 ~ Stone
2013Highlight

Best Director

Ecosystem 20 ~ Stone

INSECT
1983Highlight

Best Director

INSECT