Director/Cinematographer/Editor Yujiro Seki's Video Portfolio
Resume:
IMDb: imdb.com/name/nm2603627/
Education
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Film Studies, May 2006, GPA: 3.756
University of California, Los Angeles
Certificate in Cinematography, December 2011
Relevant Courses
Digital Video The History of Film: Silent/Sound Auteur Theory: Ozu/Oshima
Advanced Digital Video The Documentary Film Special Topics in Film: Sound
Avant-Garde Film Film Theory
Experience
UC Berkeley Film Labs, Berkeley, CA, Jan 2006-May 2006
Technical Assistant
Provided post-production support to film and art students
Maintained PC and MAC editing stations
Oversaw lending of film equipment
Varona D. Productions, Los Angels, CA, August 2006-Present
First Camera Operator
Recorded coverage of film festivals
Recorded coverage of interviews
Liquid Film, San Diego, CA, Jan 2004- Present
First Camera Operator
Videotaped Weddings and Plays
Nostros, Los Angels, CA, August 2006 to Present
Volunteered Videographer
Videotaped Nostros’s events at Richard Montaban Theatre.
Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal Studio, CA, October 2006 - December 2006
Office Intern
Organized administrational paper work.
The New York Film Academy, Universal Studio, CA, December 2006 – April 2007
Japanese Camera Teaching Assistant
Assisted a film instructor and Japanese film students with Japanese and English translation for a video camera DVX 100.
Assisted a film instructor and Japanese film students with Japanese English translation during film production.
Assisted a film instructor for technical aspect of digital film production.
Futura Education INC./Montecito Fine Arts School Monrovia CA, January 2007 – May 2009
Film Instructor
Teach students different aspects of the filmmaking process
Futura Education INC./Intermarket Design Monrovia CA, January 2007 – May 2009
Videographer and Editor
Videotape and edit TV show, Designing Your Future
Rebus 101 Films, Los Angeles, CA December 2010 – Present
Director of Photography
In charge of visuals on Director David Herrera’s music videos.
Sokonashi Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA January 2012 - Present
OEO/Director
Film Projects
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Sokonashi Deka (Enigmatic Detective) 1998 -- 75 minute comedic detective genre filmed in High 8 about a tenacious rural detective Genji, who is in search of the criminals that murdered his best friend.
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Yuhimonogatari (The Sun Set Story) 1999 -- 10 minute mini DV formatted romantic comedy about two Japanese rural teenagers who are afraid of admitting their feelings for each other.
Writer, Director, Producer
The Triangle Story 1999 -- 10 minute mini DV formatted silent, which revolves around the unusual relationship of three high school students.
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Hare (No Clouds in the Sky) 1999 -- 20 minute meta-silent filmed in High 8 about the inevitable destructive nature of adolescent relationships.
Director of Photography, Editor
No-One 2003 -- 10 minute color filmed in digital 8 about a wannabe superhero “No-One” and his struggle to fight off his nemesis “Dark Plague Master.”
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Glass Wedding Gown 2004 -- 5 minute avant-garde piece filmed in digital 8 about the girl who wants to be a perfect wife and have a perfect marriage.
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Byron’s Angel 2005 (3rd Tier Award in Columbia University’s National Undergraduate Film Festival) -- Shot on Mini DV format, 12 minute narrative about a the peculiar relationship between grown-up adult Byron, who cannot part with his stuffed animal that he had since he was a little boy and his childhood friend, Gina.
Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Sashimi Taco 2006 -- shot on mini DV format, 20 minute narrative about a Mexican cook who aspires to be a sushi chef but struggles to fight against discrimination from an “authentic Japanese sushi chef.”
Director of Photography
Return to me 2011 -- shot on HD format, 10 minutes short movie about a family gathering seemingly takes a turn for the worse when an uninvited guest shows up.
Producer, Director of Photography
A Fragile Dream -- 12 minutes filmed in 16mm format, the struggle of an immigrant family and their relationship with the older generation.
Skills
Technical
Software
Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro, Motion, Aftereffect
Hardware
Panasonic AG-DVX100 B, HVX 200, AF100, Sony PD170, TRV 900, Cannon GL2. 5D, 7D, C300, Arriflex 16SR
Language
Japanese (Fluent)
Spanish (Less fluent)
映像監督/Cinematographer
関 勇二郎
芸歴
昭和55年 群馬県前橋市に生まれる。
平成11年 初監督作品 底無し刑事を発表。
平成12年 埼玉県自由の森学園高等部を卒業
平成12年 アメリカへ留学する。
平成16年 カリフォルニア州立大学バークレー校（University of California, Berkeley) 入学。
平成18年 カリフォルニア州立大学バークレー校（University of California, Berkeley) にて、Filmの学士号を習得。卒業作品 刺身タコスを発表。
平成18年 ハリウッドユニバーサルスタジオ ディノ・デ・ラウレンティス映画製作会社（Dino De Laurentiis Company) でインターンシップをする。
平成19年 モンテシト芸術学院（Montecito fine arts college of design) に就職。主に、プロモーションビデオ、CM、テレビ番組、あなたの未来をデザインしよう（Designing Your Future) のプロダクションとポストプロダクションの担当をする。学院のプロモーションビデオは、３００人の学院生を８００人にするために貢献する。
平成21年 アメリカ合衆国永住権を取得後、モンテシト芸術学院を退職し独立する。
平成22年 ミュージックビデオ制作会社レービス１０１フィルム (Rebus 101 film) に映像監督として指名される。
平成23年 カリフォルニア州立大学ロサンゼルス校（University of California, Los Angeles extension) にて映像撮影学(Cinematography)の認定証を習得。
平成24年 写真家ハービ山口さんのプロモーションビデオを作成する。
平成25年 現在、日本とアメリカにてインディペンデントフィルムメーカーとして活動中。
