Koji Yamamura

Director, Editor, Writer, Actor, Producer, Composer

June 4, 1964 (61 years)
Koji Yamamura is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature and textbooks.

Known For

  • Mount Head
    Mount Head2002
  • Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
    Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor2007
  • My Little Goat
    My Little Goat2018
  • Muybridge's Strings
    Muybridge's Strings2011
  • Dozens of Norths
    Dozens of Norths2023
  • Kipling Jr.
    Kipling Jr.1995
  • In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket2022
  • My Milk Cup Cow
    My Milk Cup Cow2014

Filmography

2021
Dozens of Norths · as Screenplay
2021
2011
Muybridge's Strings · as Screenplay
2007
1995

2007
2004
Frank & Wendy · as Japanese Tourist (voice)
1995
Kipling Jr. · as Yohann Kipling

2021
Dozens of Norths · as Original Music Composer

2026
Eri, The Cow · as Supervising Producer
2021
Dozens of Norths · as Cinematographer
2021
Dozens of Norths · as Animation
2021
Polar Bear Bears Boredom · as Animation
2011
Muybridge's Strings · as Animation
2007
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor · as Cinematographer
2007
2002
The Mountain Head · as Production Design
2002
The Mountain Head · as Animation
1993
Kingyo no isshou · as Animation